Following a State of the State Address from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and impending decisions on the state’s budget, the Michigan Catholic Conference encouraged policymakers and elected officials to focus on the needs of low income workers and families.
According to the Yanomami organization “Hutukara,” 308 members of the group died between January and November of 2023 (more than half were children under 5), a number that is similar to 2022.
Now one of the deadliest conflicts in human history, violence in the eastern DRC that has persisted for more than thirty years has claimed the lives of at least six million people.
This week hundreds of consecrated persons from around the world are meeting at the Vatican to discuss the upcoming Jubilee of Hope amid a crisis in religious life due to falling numbers and several high-profile scandals.