IMAGE: CNS photo/Yoichi Okamoto, courte By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Societies today need "artisans of peace," like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., "who can be messengers and authentic...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Those who stand up for the dignity of life in all its stages and want to see this respect for all life enshrined once again in U.S...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A report published Jan. 17 says the number of immigrant children separated from their parents at the border last year is unknown and the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- Just as divisions in society grow when wealth is not shared, divisions within Christianity grow when the richness of gifts God has given to...
One of the Vatican’s top officials on the migration issue has said strict policies increase the risk of human trafficking, as the lack of safe and legal passages force many people to take more...
Only about half of the national bishops' conferences in the world have adopted complete, Vatican-approved guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and promoting child protection...
When Pope Francis visits Abu Dhabi Feb. 3-5, he will visit a land where interreligious tolerance is mandated by law; while Catholics in the United Arab Emirates count their blessings for that, the...
In two new documents on migration and human trafficking, the Vatican has emphasized the need to protect migrants and step up international collaboration and prosecutions of traffickers, while also...
A few decades of respectful Catholic-Jewish dialogue pale in comparison to "19 centuries of Christian anti-Judaism," Pope Francis said, so Catholics must continue to ask forgiveness and...
By Matt D’Antuono | A father recently asked me to pray for his son who was “finding himself.” Indeed, in this day in age, it is not so easily done. The search for the self is exhausting and seemingly...
By Tito Edwards | The Lost Art of Catholic Preaching ☩ Fr. Jonathan Mitchican of Dappled Things +1 And Persecution of Underground Catholics Continues ☩ Lin Yijiang of Bitter...
By John Grondelski | Although it has existed for 20 years, the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life is still an underappreciated jewel that takes place in Washington every year around the March for...
By Patti Armstrong | Radical feminism is the enemy of women, especially those hurt by poverty, repressive cultures and governments. At the core is an attack on God’s creation of life in the womb, the...
By Anna Abbott | Last May, a teenage girl in Salt Lake City triggered outrage when she wore a qipao (a traditional Chinese dress) to the prom. Her photo was posted everywhere, and she was publicly...