Apr 30, 2021 | Consistent Ethic of Life, Human Rights, Immigration, Issues, Poverty
In 2018, through the ‘zero tolerance’ policy, 5,500 migrant families were cruelly separated. To this day, families remain separated and the trauma inflicted by this devastating act is everlasting. The Biden Administration must prioritize making this a nation where...
Mar 1, 2021 | Consistent Ethic of Life, FAN, Human Rights, Issues, Peacemaking
To heal the divisions and injustices of our world, Pope Francis calls for a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach at all levels: personal, social, political, economic, no matter the issue. We keep this directive in mind in all our work to combat systemic racism. For...
Dec 8, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life, Human Rights, Issues
Over the last several months, Franciscan Action Network has joined several of our faith partners in speaking out against the federal death penalty, which after 17 years was reinstated this year by Attorney General William Barr. As Franciscans we work to promote that...
Jun 25, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life, FAN, Immigration
In the wake of a positive decision from the Supreme Court to save the DACA program for Dreamers, Franciscan Action Network (FAN) has stepped up its advocacy for compassion and morality in the treatment of immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers at America’s border....
Jun 19, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life, Issues
June 19, 2020 Dear Friends and Supporters of Franciscan Action Network, Today is Juneteenth, a day set aside each year to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. Amidst the outpouring of support across the nation for Black Lives Matter in light of the...
Jun 3, 2020 | Consistent Ethic of Life
'Love one another as I have loved you.' (John 15:12)“Let them manifest their love in deeds. With confidence let them make known their needs to one another so that each can find and offer to the other that which is necessary.” (TOR Rule Article 23) Black...
