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Giving voice to voiceless highlights their God-given dignity, pope says

The life and ministry of the Catholic Church is enriched by listening to everyone, especially those who are often excluded by society, and by including their experiences and perspectives, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis responds to letters from former Robb Elementary students

Fifth grader Noah attended Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and was shot during the May 24 massacre that killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers. He is recovering and now attends Sacred Heart Catholic School, through a scholarship from Catholic Extension. In a letter to Pope Francis, he wrote, “When I started school last week, I felt safe and loved.”

Catholic Extension hosts Latina sisters for justice exchange

Forty-five women religious from seven Latin American countries gathered around a memorial near the place where Chicago Police Officer Ella French was killed to pray for peace and for all first responders on Sept. 3.

St. Anne parishioners see Extension’s work in action

Members of St. Anne Parish in Barrington have long been generous to the efforts promoted by the parish’s Faithjustice Committee as part of their Lenten almsgiving, and this year was no different.

Extension’s ‘Advent Alms’ program aims to help poor U.S. Catholic communities

To support poor faith communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Extension is launching "Advent Alms for America," a program that aims to match poor parishes in one part of the U.S. with parishes that have more resources in another part of the country.

Catholic Extension: $1,000 each for 1,000 nuns to allay COVID-19 impacts

After the success of a pair of pilot programs this spring, a nationwide “Sisters on the Frontlines” fundraising effort aims to give 1,000 sisters $1,000 each to help blunt the negative effects of the coronavirus on some of the United States’ most vulnerable people.

Standing up to persecution

After Martin Luther King Jr. and a group of peaceful demonstrators were tear-gassed by police in June of 1966 in Canton, Mississippi, the pastor of the local Catholic church, Holy Child Jesus, sheltered the marchers.

Extension begins crowdfunding campaign for Texas migrant shelter on border

Chicago-based Catholic Extension has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000 for a new emergency migrant shelter at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas.

Catholic Extension emergency funding helps migrants at border

Catholic Extension has given $25,000 in emergency funding to a facility in the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, and is urging donors around the country to provide aid to meet the needs of migrants being released from detention daily.

Chicago area priests, young leaders get first-hand look at border

Catholics have been on the front lines of the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico border, a crisis that has lasted for years. It cropped up in the news this spring when Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a zero-tolerance policy in which all adults crossing the border without permission would be criminally prosecuted, and any children traveling with them would be taken away.
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