The obvious religious motivation of the Plowshares activists did not insulate them from criminal prosecution. The First Amendment prohibits the government from applying different rules to religious believers, but the Plowshares defendants were treated the same as any other intruder on government property.

Alexandra DeSanctis: We are called to defend the least among us, and there is no more weak and defenseless population than unborn human beings.

In death, what we thought was lost is, wondrously, restored to us. What we feared could never be accomplished is achieved.

Before my illness I frequently thought of life from the perspective of what I had accomplished. Throughout my illness, God has reminded me that what is most important is what we do for other people and that he is really in charge.

Pope Francis has criticized clerics who are “far from the people.” One solution, writes Stacey Noem of the University of Notre Dame, is to better integrate candidates for the priesthood with lay students.

"The Holy See reiterates its position of a two-state solution for two peoples as the only way to reach a complete solution to this age-old conflict."

The mother of five and wife of comedian Jim Gaffigan said she has a charism and a vocation to work with post-confirmation teens

“As a Jesuit institution, we have a moral duty to put the common good above all else, and we believe the acceptance of this grant would legitimize the past, self-interested actions of the Koch Foundation,” a petition read.

About 1,000 people from the parish of about 4,600 registered parishioners attended a Nov. 14 healing Mass the night of the shootings.

"There was an apology, but for us, we needed more and we continue to seek more."

A news release from the Diocese of Peoria said it was informed Dec. 2 that Vatican had decided to postpone the Dec. 21 ceremony "at the request of a few members" of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

During the raid, Vatican police seized documents, computers and cellphones from AIF’s headquarters

"We must beware of fundamentalist groups; each (religion) has their own.”

Bolivian bishops are organizing talks between political factions as protests against the nation's new government become increasingly deadly.

On the eve of Pope Francis’ visit to Japan, an exclusive interview with Yoshio Kajiyama, S.J., the Hiroshima-born former provincial of the country’s Jesuits.

Pope Francis is coming to “the land of interreligious dialogue” when he visits Thailand from Nov. 20 to Nov. 23 as “a pilgrim of peace.

’The Inheritance’ is a portrait of millennial gay male life in New York City, and it is a picture both celebratory and cautionary.

The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen prayer with a reflection on gratitude.

The role of women must be more than just "functional," the pope said.

"Together with you, I pray that the destructive power of nuclear weapons will never again be unleashed in human history."