In the wake of the right-wing campaign targeting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Call To Action’s Vision Council and Anti-Racism Team release a statement in support of the sisters and the LGBTQIA+ community.

In the latest blow to trans rights and justice, a doctrinal committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a new document forbidding gender-affirming procedures to treat gender dysphoria.

Our statement on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the powerful conservative intellectual often embroiled in scandal.

Vision Council member Lauren Barbato in Sojourners: “As a Catholic, and a woman who had an abortion, I believe we need to give people that space to move through these experiences on their own terms. Why do we want to traumatize people — including people of faith — even more?”

Besides working to better the lives of people who are disadvantaged or discriminated against, in 1996 John Krejci was a founder of Call to Action Nebraska, a local chapter of the national church reform group. [...] John died at home on Aug. 11, 2021. He was 84 years old.

Despite global uprisings against police brutality and systemic racism, many U.S. bishops and cardinals have not spoken publicly about these issues, while others have yet to turn talk into action, according to the Catholic social justice organization Call To Action.

"I want to tell you I think CTA is a gem in the Catholic Church," Brittenum said. "We're addressing racism — not as best we can — but we're working on it. That's all you're ever going to be able to say you're doing."

Zachary Johnson, 31, executive director of the nonprofit Call to Action, has been instrumental in this effort. For months, Johnson has been working with dozens of other volunteers from around the area to protect a homeless tent encampment from being brutalized by police officers attempting to limit its size.

“Call To Action/USA held a regional meeting in the Rio Grande Valley last November, where about 50 Catholics gathered to learn about the migrant experience first-hand.”

Heidi Schlumpf looks at Call To Action’s past, present, and future and has a thoughtful take on the challenges and opportunities facing our organization.

A weekend conference examining Catholic vocation was held March 29-30 at Union Theological Seminary, a bastion of liberal Protestantism in upper Manhattan.

Excommunication should not be used as a fear tactic, or as punishment for speaking out against injustice. CTA/Nebraska members are faithful Catholics who have worked tirelessly for justice in their church. Instead of being excommunicated, they should be celebrated.

Nearly 22 years after area Catholics were excommunicated for their membership in a national church reform group, the bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, has proposed a way to end their censure and return them to full communion with the church.

The national Catholic group Call To Action worked behind the scenes and helped finance the gathering as part of its own anti-racism initiative. Zachary Johnson, Call To Action's executive director, was encouraged that laypeople took the lead in organizing and promoting the event.

Theresa Orlando, a Call To Action member for over 20 years and one of the original members of the CTA Anti-Racism Team was named as a finalist for the 2016 Pittsburgh Jefferson Award winners for the Most Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award.

Gay Catholic groups urged Pope Francis on Monday, June 27 to do more than just acknowledge that Christians must apologize to the gays they marginalized.