Leaders of Catholic advocacy efforts warn that the shutdown most affects vulnerable people and threatens access to healthcare.
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Ex-Salvadoran officer: ‘High command’ gave order to kill Jesuits in ’89
The testimony was offered at the trial of Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel in the army of El Salvador, who is on trial in Spain for the murders of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter on the campus of a Catholic university.
Pope Francis: Migrants seeking new life end up instead in ‘hell’ of detention
Marking anniversary of visit to Lampedusa island, Pope Francis urges Christians to see face of the...
Bishops demand supply chain due diligence ‘now more than ever’
Workers low in the supply chain are vulnerable to pandemic consequences By Mark Pattison, Catholic...
Children suffer as Myanmar struggles with conflict
While the Myanmar government said its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has left “no one behind,” thousands of civilians including children, women and the elderly have no time to pack their belongings and flee their homes.
Bernice King repeats her father’s message for today
Justice movements need people to unite behind strategic goals, says the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
Brazil’s Yanomami Ask OAS for Help Keeping Out Miners, COVID-19
The Hutukara Yanomami Association and Brazil’s National Council for Human Rights petitioned the Organization of American States to issue a restraining order for the Brazilian government, so illegal miners and gold miners withdraw from indigenous land.
Mexican Bishops Pledge to Help Southern Oaxaca After Quake
Earthquake of 7.4 magnitude kills at least five people, damages hospital in the southern state of...
Thai Activist Backs Law on Forced Disappearances
An activist's quest to find out what happened to her husband has been stymied by an absence of...
BLM Inspires Myanmar Youth to Fight Racism
Facebook campaign seeks to end use of a term deemed offensive to ethnic minorities With...
Church leaders applaud decision to continue DACA
High court rules against Trump administration's plan to end the Deferred Action for Childhood...
Learning from the masters of resilience in Tanzania
Suffering people in Tanzania are living proof that hope requires a certain degree of resilience...
COVID-19 widens social divisions in Bangladesh
Church decries discrimination as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the populous country of Bangladesh...
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