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NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been a vocal advocate for religious freedom, both nationally and internationally, throughout his career. His latest book features many of his speeches, essays and articles in defense of this first freedom, as well as the sanctity of life, faithful citizenship and the family. Together, they offer insight about the importance of religious liberty and the contributions of faith communities to society.
These Liberties We Hold Sacred: Essays on Faith and Citizenship in the 21st Century was released Jan. 27 by Square One Publishers (Cover price: $24.95). It is currently available for purchase at various booksellers and at knightsgear.com as well as kofc.org/liberties.
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Abby Johnson speaks April 23, 2019, during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.)
In her Zoom presentation for The Catholic University of America Feb. 9, Abby Johnson didn t address the controversy that had preceded her appearance.
WASHINGTON, D.C. In her Zoom presentation for The Catholic University of America Feb. 9, Abby Johnson didn’t address the controversy that had preceded her appearance.
Instead, the founder of the And Then There Were None ministry, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose book
Unplanned became a 2019 film that has become part of the pro-life landscape, adhered to a presentation she’s given many times.
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Shannen Dee Williams, assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, addresses the Leadership Conference of Women Religious assembly in Atlanta Aug. 10. (Photo: Michael Alexander/ Georgia Bulletin via CNS)
NEW YORK When it comes to the earliest orders of Black Catholic religious sisters in the United States, Shannen Dee Williams wants people to recognize the perseverance, struggle, and commitment to God they put forth to make religious life possible for Black women and girls in the United States something she considers overlooked.
Williams, an assistant professor of history at Villanova University, understands the sisters’ legacy through years of interviews and sifting through records. And when she asks black Catholic sisters about their legacy, they understand it too.
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When Margaret Snyder first started working for the UN in Addis Ababa in 1971, programmes for African women centred around healthcare and support for children. Snyder, who has died aged 91, established the first UN regional women’s programme to change that perception. She went on to launch the UN’s development fund for women (Unifem) and became affectionately known as the “UN’s first feminist”.
Her job in Ethiopia was to help establish a women’s programme at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to support women in their roles as farmers, entrepreneurs and often family breadwinners. The programme evolved into the African Training and Research Centre for Women (ATRCW).
Feb. 10, 2021 Catholic News Service WASHINGTON In her Zoom presentation for The Catholic University of America Feb. 9, Abby Johnson didn t address the controversy that had preceded her appearance. Instead, the founder of the And Then There Were None ministry, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose book Unplanned became a 2019 film that has become part of the pro-life landscape, adhered to a presentation she s given many times. One of the things we must know as Catholic Christians is how to defend our faith, she acknowledged. Johnson was originally invited to speak on behalf of Cardinals for Life, the campus pro-life group. But complaints by other students about comments she d made on race as well as her being at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 though not involved in the insurrection led the campus chaplain and adviser to the group, Conventual Franciscan Father Jude DeAngelo, to recommend the appearance be postponed indefinitely.