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John Lavenburg

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John Lavenburg is an American journalist and the national correspondent for Crux. Before joining Crux, John worked for a weekly newspaper in Massachusetts covering education and religion.

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Sharp decline in U.S. birthrate worrying to Church leaders

John Lavenburg|May 7, 2021|6 Min Read

Isaac Hawkins Hall is seen on the campus of Georgetown University April 4, 2017. The hall, previously known as Mulledy Hall and later Freedom Hall, was renamed in 2017 for one of the 272 enslaved men, women and children sold by Georgetown's Jesuit community to plantation owners in Louisiana in 1838. Hawkins was the first enslaved person listed in the sale documents. (Tyler Orsburn/CNS)

By pledging $100 million for slave descendants, Jesuits are ‘owning’ their history

John Lavenburg|May 4, 2021|4 Min Read

Migrant children from Central America take refuge from the rain in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in Penitas, Texas, March 14, 2021, as they await to be transported after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (Adrees Latif/ Reuters, via CNS)

Church leaders say migrant children need more than food, shelter; they need hope

John Lavenburg|Apr 28, 2021|4 Min Read

A mother and daughter wait in line for a fresh set of clothes at the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas (John Lavenburg)

Border center offers waystation of hope for desperate families

John Lavenburg|Apr 26, 2021|4 Min Read

The Office of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Boston has created a one-of-a-kind video series called Scivias: Know the Ways of the Lord as a vocational discernment guide for men considering the priesthood. The first two episodes are available now on the Vocations Boston YouTube channel (Vocations Boston).

Faith

In pandemic, vocations discernment moves online

John Lavenburg|Apr 16, 2021|4 Min Read

Young migrants are seen March 30, 2021, at the holding facility in Donna, Texas, set up in February by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. (Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool via Reuters/Crux)

Border priest says migrant children need protection, assistance

John Lavenburg|Apr 14, 2021|4 Min Read

A mother from Guatemala seeking asylum in the U.S. kisses her 3-month-old baby while waiting to be escorted by Border Patrol agents in Roma, Texas, April 7, 2021, after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States. (Go Nakamura/Reuters, via CNS)

Catholic immigration advocates say ‘Christian response’ needed at border

John Lavenburg|Apr 9, 2021|5 Min Read

Runners in the New York City marathon Nov. 6, 2016, cross the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge over the East River connecting Manhattan with the borough of Queens. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters via CNS)

Faith

Marathon-running bishop says exercise can help spiritual life

John Lavenburg|Apr 8, 2021|4 Min Read

Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, second from left, joins hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Edgar Chandler and Msgr. Robert J. Hagarty of Chicago, far right, in 1964 at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights in Chicago's Soldier Field. (CNS photo/courtesy University of Notre Dame)

New book says former Notre Dame president was ‘Church’s public intellectual’

John Lavenburg|Apr 6, 2021|5 Min Read

A nun holds an olive branch as she and others stop along the traditional path that Jesus took on his last entry into Jerusalem during the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem March 28, 2020. (Debbie Hill/CNS.)

World

Good Friday focuses attention on plight of Christians in Middle East

John Lavenburg|Mar 31, 2021|4 Min Read

Carla Harris, an American finance leader, gospel singer, speaker, and author will receive the University of Notre Dame's 2021 Laetare Medal this spring. (University of Notre Dame)

Faith

Winner of America’s highest Catholic award walks her own talk

John Lavenburg|Mar 29, 2021|5 Min Read

Father Kolbe Chung, pastor at St. Andrew Kim Church in Duluth, Ga., and and Joseph Nam attend an interfaith prayer service at Gold Spa March 21, 2021, following the deadly shootings March 16 at three Asian day spas in metro Atlanta. (Michael Alexander/The Georgia Bulletin, via CNS)

Asian-American bishop says no shortcut to ending racism in U.S.

John Lavenburg|Mar 25, 2021|4 Min Read

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