Truth to Power
Father Bob Pelton went to Latin America to serve the people there, but he didn’t envision his work for social justice would put his life in danger — as subversive to government efforts there, and here.
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In Rome, President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., discusses challenges and opportunities for Catholic Church
After concelebrating Mass and meeting briefly with Pope Francis earlier in the week, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., met with Archbishop Paul Gallagher, secretary for relations with states, the Vatican’s foreign minister, and discussed challenges and opportunities for the Church in countries around the world.
Notre Dame theologian and Holy Cross priest to address U.S. bishops on refugees and migration
Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., associate professor of theology, will address the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the theology of migration during the bishops’ annual Spring General Assembly, June 14-15, in Indianapolis. Groody’s talk, “Passing Over: Migration, Theology and the Eucharist,” draws on his research around the world mapping the many sides of the current conversation on migration.
Notre Dame alum Rev. William A. Wack, C.S.C., elevated to bishop
Father Wack, 49, is a native of South Bend, Indiana, and an alumnus of Notre Dame, who professed his final vows Aug. 28, 1993, and was ordained a priest at the University’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart on April 9, 1994.
Holy Cross Priests Win Global Gateway Faculty Research Award
Robert Dowd, C.S.C., and Daniel Groody, C.S.C., are part of a team that won a 2017 Global Gateway Faculty Research Award for a project at the Rome Global Gateway examining refugees and migrants in Europe.