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Catholic Higher Education Leaders Affirm Pope Francis’s Leadership on Climate Change

When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. next week he will have the support of 169 Catholic college and university leaders worldwide, including nearly 100 U.S. presidents, for his message on climate change and social justice as presented in his recent encyclical Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home.
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Jesuit Sponsored Study Finds Rampant Migrant Abuse, Family Separation During Deportations at U.S.-Mexico Border

A new study released today by the Jesuit Conference and Kino Border Initiative finds, however, that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is not fulfilling its obligation to protect the civil and human rights of migrants apprehended, detained and deported back to Mexico.

Marquette University to host October events to honor alumnus James Foley

Marquette University will host three events in mid-October to honor alumnus James Foley. A 1996 graduate of Marquette’s Helen Way Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, Foley was kidnapped in Syria and later murdered by Islamic State militants while on assignment as a reporter covering the region.