Racism is a Pandemic Too

Racism is a Pandemic Too

The Viatorian Community supports this statement on the George Floyd murder, the anti-racism movement, and the anti-police brutality uprsing. It was posted June 15 by the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America: How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But...
Receiving First Communion During the Pandemic

Receiving First Communion During the Pandemic

After 14 weeks of sheltering at home and keeping the church doors closed, Fr. Richard Rinn, CSV, Pastor, opened St. Viator Catholic Community in Las Vegas for its first Masses, but for a specific group: its first communicants. “It finally happened for very small...
Exposing Child Labor Used in Producing Chocolate

Exposing Child Labor Used in Producing Chocolate

According to the Washington-based Green America, there are an estimated 150 million children involved in child labor globally. And  there are over 2 million child laborers growing the cocoa that goes into the chocolate you see on store shelves. Child laborers in cocoa...
Yemen Remains a Humanitarian Disaster

Yemen Remains a Humanitarian Disaster

In writing for Voices for Creative Nonviolence, founder Kathy Kelly cites grim statistics of how the war in Yemen has affected its people, most alarmingly its children. “An entire generation of Yemeni children has suffered the traumas of war, many of them...