This film hopes to bring out the joy, pain, and struggles that are faced in the Black Catholic community, specifically in the Treme area of New Orleans (Spirit Juice):

Sister Norma Pimentel writes: Our camp is a makeshift “tent city” filled with about 1,500 vulnerable women, men and children awaiting rulings on their applications for asylum in the United States. These families are living in donated tents at the mercy of extreme weather. Here, the temperatures can rise above 100 degrees, and when it… Read More Sister Norma Pimentel: Do Not Ignore Suffering at the Border

via the AP: The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it encourages some of the country’s Han majority to have more children. While individual women have spoken out before about forced birth control,… Read More Forced Sterilization, Birth Control, and Abortion Part of China’s Eugenic Discrimination against Uighurs

Kelly Stewart writes: It is a truism, perhaps especially in left-leaning Catholic circles, that Catholic social teaching is the church’s best-kept secret. Marcus Mescher’s The Ethics of Encounter: Christian Neighbor Love as a Practice of Solidarity seeks to bring this best-kept secret to the fore and make it accessible to U.S. Catholics. Mescher argues that… Read More NCR on ‘The Ethics of Encounter’