ORLANDO | Participants of the annual Culture of Life conference left with knowledge, inspiration and an overall challenge to ask themselves: “Why are you pro-life?” Read moreSpeakers: Know why you are pro-life
ORLANDO | The 37th annual Culture of Life Conference is just one month away, Oct. 18-19. With the Marian theme, “May it be done to me according to your word,” from Lk 1:38, conference speakers will be a source of inspiration to emulate Mary’s example. Read moreCulture of Life Conference carries Marian theme
ORLANDO | In its 111-year history, investigations and former students accounts have chronicled how the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys both in Marianna and Okeechobee were not so much a reform school but rather a place where physical, sexual and mental abuse was rampant. Read moreFirst execution of 2024 deemed as ‘hypocrisy’
ORLANDO | While the Florida Catholic gives great thanks to readers for supporting the annual Long Sleeve Relief campaign, a bill recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis has been described by a farmworker advocate as “inhumane” and draconian. Read moreNew bill disregards farmworker safety
ORLANDO | When Estella Martinez speaks about working as a farmworker, a wide smile graces her face. Read moreMeet Estella Martinez, a proud farmworker
Two U.S. bishops have launched the National Catholic Mental Health Campaign, amid a global crisis in mental health and a decline in mental health resources in the U.S. Read moreTwo U.S bishops launch National Catholic Mental Health Campaign and novena amid crisis
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VATICAN CITY | After warning the world against ignoring the cries of the earth and the poor with his 2015 encyclical, "Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home," Pope Francis intensified his critique with "Laudate Deum" ("Praise God"), warning against the selfish obsession with human power and the "irresponsible derision" of the reality of climate change.
"When human beings claim to take God's place, they become their own worst enemies," he said, explaining the title of the document released at the Vatican Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology. Read morePope, in document on climate crisis, criticizes science 'deniers'
ORLANDO | At the beginning of the 10th month of 2023, Florida might put to death the sixth person of the year; a person who has suffered from intellectual disabilities and carries a deep sense of remorse. Read moreFlorida to execute an inmate Oct. 3, the 6th in 222 days
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On this Labor Day, we hear a passage from the Gospel of Luke: Jesus reading Isaiah in the synagogue. Read moreLabor Day: Radical solidarity with working families
(OSV News) -- An Iowa judge issued a preliminary injunction July 17 temporarily blocking the state's new "heartbeat" abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, while a legal challenge to that law moves forward. Read moreIowa judge blocks new 'heartbeat' law prohibiting abortion after six weeks
ORLANDO | Florida will mark its fifth execution of 2023 as the state will execute James Barnes Aug. 3. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant June 22. About a week later, Barnes moved to discharge his lawyers, waive all appeals and future motions, and proceed with his execution. “Witho… Read moreDeath row prisoner waives appeals, execution to happen Aug. 3
Editor’s note: Farmworkers interviewed in this article asked their last names not to be used. This story originally was published March 6, 2020. Read moreFarmworker life in the wake of citrus decline
Editor’s note: The Florida Catholic first began investigating the case of William Thomas Zeigler Jr. in 1999 through the series, “Trail of blood to death row.” Since that time, the Florida Catholic has traveled to Union Correctional in Starke several times to interview Zeigler, who has maint… Read moreA quest for innocence, a race against time
PALM BEACH GARDENS | For three years in a row, the Knights of Columbus Blessed Mother Council 13338 at Emmanuel Parish in Delray Beach has contributed $500 checks to Florida Catholic Media’s 18th annual Long Sleeve Relief Drive that aids farmworkers in the state. It was an advertisement in… Read moreKnights’ contribution to Long Sleeve Relief is critical to campaign
Editor’s note: The Long-Sleeve Relief Drive is a campaign that promotes awareness of issues concerning farmworkers and offers a venue to financially help aid agencies empower the farmworker community. One agency is the the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, which has been on the forefront of fa… Read moreMan hears God’s call in tomato fields of rural Florida
