As a former evangelical, there was a time I didn’t even known what social justice meant in the context of the faith. Sure, we did good deeds, and we cared about policy-making, but social justice wasn’t woven into our faith formation as carefully as it is for Catholics.

The prosecutor Pierre Sennes said in a statement that the volunteer had confessed to the examining magistrate on July 25 to lighting three fires in the cathedral, Le Figaro reported.

A través de un comunicado, el Dicasterio Vaticano para los Laicos, la Familia y la Vida, lanza una campaña para superar el aislamiento de las personas mayores que tanto sufren la soledad en este tiempo de pandemia, respetando las normas sanitarias y utilizando la fantasía del amor: "¡llámales por teléfono o por video, escúchales!", pide esta iniciativa difundida en Redes Sociales con el hashtag #sendyourhug.

Más de 20.000 agentes turcos fueron desplegados para la primera oración hoy viernes en la antigua Basílica Cristiana. El Papa Francisco, después de la decisión de convertir a Santa Sofía en una mezquita, dijo que estaba "muy dolorido".

El profesor Roberto Dall'Oro, profesor de Bioética de la Universidad Loyola Marymount y académico de la Pontificia Academia para la Vida, reflexiona en relación con la realidad americana, duramente afectada por el Covid-19.

Spain and several other European nations are taking new measures to halt an increase in reported coronavirus cases. The decisions come amid fresh warnings by authorities of a widespread "second wave" of infections.

As the Supreme Court prepares to debate the legalization of abortion in the state of Veracruz, Mexico’s Catholic Bishops affirm the need to protect women, even from the moment of conception

Covid-19:: The Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life picks up Pope Francis’s invitation for young people to show closeness to the elderly who are experiencing loneliness due to Covid-19 lockdowns.

Pope Francis expresses satisfaction for a ceasefire signed this week that aims to pave the way to peace in eastern Ukraine and calls for an effective disarmament and mine clearance process.

"The common good demands that access to justice, political representation, and the recognition of the dignity of others are not the privilege of the rich, but rather should be accessible especially to the weak and vulnerable," said Msgr. Joseph Grech, representative of the Vatican's permanent mission to the international organizations in Vienna.

The Washington Post reached a settlement July 24 with the family of Nicholas Sandmann, the Kentucky Catholic high school student who sued the newspaper last year for defamation over its coverage of an incident that occurred after last year's March for Life that quickly went viral.

Tricia C. Bruce is a sociologist of religion and an affiliate of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society is an expert in the sociological dimensions of religion, Catholicism, organizations and social change.

Islamic prayers were held on Friday in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia basilica for the first time in 86 years. Pope Francis said on 12 July that he was “very saddened.”

For those working at organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, the health crisis is one in a long list of emergencies staff must tend to in its mission to help the world's poorest.

here is no denying the fact "this is a pandemic of historic proportion," Dr. Anthony Fauci told students at Jesuit-run Georgetown University in a recent online webinar focused on young people's risks and responsibilities in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

Seven years ago, on 26 July, Pope Francis launched an appeal at World Youth Day in Brazil. There, he urged the young and the elderly to engage in dialogue. He has often returned to this theme. It is even more important now as the Covid-19 pandemic forces generations to remain physically distant.

"Our director of religious education begs year after year for catechists, but we barely have enough. I stepped up to teach because I want my granddaughter to have a good Catholic background."

Workers whose jobs put them in direct contact with the public related both the pride and fear of doing their work amid the coronavirus pandemic during a July 22 forum sponsored by the Catholic Labor Network.

Church leaders sent a strong message of support to an unprecedented virtual assembly of more than 3,000 indigenous leaders, small farmers, environmental campaigners and women from Amazon seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.