Nov 16, 2021 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
Recently in Rome, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development launched the much awaited enrollment phase of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. This is a Vatican-led initiative in collaboration with several partners to empower the universal Church to...
Nov 9, 2021 | Care for Creation, FAN, Issues
Please join Franciscan Action Network on Tuesday, November 16 at 1:00pm ET (10am PT, 7pm Rome) for “Franciscan Climate Advocacy After COP26,” a faith-informed exchange on creation care advocacy. This is a special event for FAN institutional members and Franciscan...
Oct 26, 2021 | Faithful Democracy, Human Rights, Issues
Voting rights and elections are under attack across the nation. Hundreds of voter suppression bills targeting voters of color are moving through state legislatures; 33 have already become law. Voting Rights Lab reports seventeen state legislatures have introduced...
Oct 26, 2021 | Human Rights, Issues, Poverty
In the mid to late 19th century, several denominations of the Christian Church collaborated with the government in adopting an Indian Boarding School Policy to assimilate Native children. The results of this era are still felt today in the loss of tribal languages and...
Oct 26, 2021 | FAN, Issues, Peacemaking
On October 16-17, 2021 the Soul Box Project opened an exhibit titled “This Loss We Carry” on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., providing a dramatic visual representation honoring the lives torn apart by gun violence. The Soul Box Project is a...
Oct 25, 2021 | Human Rights, Issues, Poverty
As Franciscans and as Christians, our faith teaches us that we must recognize in each person the essential humanity and inherent dignity given by God. As the negotiations on the Build Back Better Agenda are reaching conclusion, one of the outstanding issues remaining...
