In the US, two Plowshares activists win early release from prison
RNS Two of the seven Catholic peace activists who broke into a nuclear submarine base three years ago left prison this week as part of an early release agreement. Martha Hennessy, 66, grand-daughter of Catholic Worker Movement founder Dorothy Day, and Carmen Trotta, 58, a Catholic worker at St Joseph’s House in New York City, […]
In the US, seventh and final Plowshares member sentenced to prison for nuclear base break-in
RNS The seventh and final Catholic peace activist, who three years ago broke into the King’s Bay Naval Base in Georgia to symbolically disarm its stockpile of nuclear weapons, was sentenced on Friday to 21 months in prison. Mark Colville, who runs Amistad Catholic Worker in New Haven, Connecticut, was part of the Kings Bay […]
Catholic advocacy group Network taps Georgetown professor Mary Novak as new leader
Washington DC, USRNS Catholic social justice lobby Network has chosen Georgetown University law professor Mary Novak to take over the group when its longtime leader, Sister Simone Campbell, steps down later this month. Network announced the change on Monday, noting Novak will officially take over on 1st April. Mary Novak. PICTURE: Courtesy of Network “Sister […]
US Catholic peace activist Martin Gugino committed to struggle, despite grand jury dismissal
RNS Martin Gugino took the long view when he heard a grand jury declined to indict two Buffalo police officers who were seen shoving him to the ground during a protest outside City Hall last year. Gugino said he heard the felony assault charges against Buffalo officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski were dropped from […]
Central American caravan is “first moral test for Biden”, say activists
RNS Honduran migrants encountered tear gas and were struck with sticks as they pushed through lines of Guatemalan soldiers in their trek to reach Mexico and seek asylum in the United States. They departed from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, early on Friday, but by Tuesday the large caravan had largely dissolved after a dayslong standoff […]
Catholic worker who broke into naval base to protest nuclear weapons sentenced in the US
RNS Patrick O’Neill, who together with Rev Stephen Kelly, cut a padlock to Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia to protest its stockpile of hundreds of Trident nuclear weapons two years ago, was sentenced Friday to 14 months in federal prison. O’Neill, a 64-year-old North Carolinian who runs a Catholic Worker House that offers destitute […]
Ardeth Platte, Dominican nun dedicated to no-nukes cause, dies in the US at 84
RNS Sister Ardeth Platte, a Dominican order nun who fought for nuclear disarmament and later served as an inspiration for a character on the popular Netflix show Orange Is the New Black, died in her sleep at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Platte, 84, who often worked in tandem […]
ESSAY: I’M A MILLENNIAL CATHOLIC ACTIVIST – THAT SHOULDN’T SOUND STRANGE
JASON L MILLER, director of campaigns and development at the Franciscan Action Network in the US, calls for more Catholic millennials to get active about their faith…