Jesse Remedios

Jesse Remedios was an NCR Bertelsen Intern and then a staff writer with National Catholic Reporter's EarthBeat. He graduated from Duke University in 2017 with a B.A. in History with a focus on Human Rights and Social Movements. He spent his first year out of college serving with the AmeriCorps City Year program in Washington, D.C.

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Benedictine Sr. Teresa Forcades, left, talks with Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister at the Women's Ordination Conference's Oct. 11 event, "Radicals and the Rule," in Washington, D.C. (Women's Ordination Conference / Anna Romanovsky)

Benedictines Chittister and Forcades delve into women's role in church

Memory was at the core of an Oct. 11 exchange between Sr. Joan Chittister and Sr. Teresa Forcades for a fundraising event hosted by the Women's Ordination Conference titled "Radicals and the Rule."

St. Joseph Sr. Helen Prejean responds to questions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Sept. 16. (Georgetown University/Phil Humnicky)

'All about the waking-up': Helen Prejean shares hope with Georgetown audience

Speaking to a packed house of more than 400 people, the longtime death penalty opponent said she sees hope despite today's injustices because she has experienced how change happens.

Catholic Day of Action protesters arrested in stand against child detention

Catholic agencies view Washington Archdiocese through people, not power