Liam Adams is a Denver-based freelance reporter writing about religion. His work has also been featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Religion News Service, Sojourners, Baptist News Global and Christianity Today.

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A May 26 press conference with people representing the American Association of University Professors to discuss a report detailing investigations into shared governance violations at eight institutions (NCR screenshot)

Catholic colleges ignored faculty handbook provisions in layoffs, report alleges

Coronavirus
People
Jun 7, 2021

Administrators and boards of trustees at several Catholic colleges ignored faculty handbook provisions when they laid off dozens of professors this past year, according to the American Association of University Professors.

A sign on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, in January 2020 (Dreamstime/Ken Wolter)

Students press Catholic colleges to respond to ban on same-sex blessings

People
Vatican
Apr 14, 2021

Calling on their institutions to show strong support for LGBTQ people, Catholic college students across the U.S. have expressed disappointment in the Vatican's decree banning priests from blessing same-sex unions.

Parishioners from St. Michael's Parish in Mt. Orab, Ohio, visit twinning partners who are part of the Archdiocese of Castries on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia in February 2020. The following month the World Health Organization said COVID-19 could be

Sister parishes wrestle with long-distance relationships during COVID-19

Coronavirus
Parish
Mar 10, 2021

COVID-19 travel restrictions have stopped visits between parishes in "sister" or "twinning" relationships. Some are struggling with the disruption, while others are finding creative ways to manage it.