Upon hearing about some unthinkable violence somewhere in the world, the first thing I do when I get to the church on Sunday morning is pencil another intention into the prayers of the faithful. In some small way, it feels like a solemn duty.

Jacques Servais, S.J., speaks about the Swiss theologian and onetime Jesuit who wrote extensively on the process of discernment.

Morrison’s work conveyed the pain, sacrifice and trauma that exemplifies so much of the African-American experience.

At a time when trust in traditional authorities like the church and its clergy is strikingly low, young adults and others are employing new ways to support each other when bad news or tragedy arrives.

A detective story is not what we have come to expect from Russo, who generally operates at the same, easy-going speed as his male protagonists.

“Latinos in this community have a target on their backs.”

“At a time when we are facing the ‘highest levels of displacement on record,’ according to the United Nations Refugee Agency, we urge you to increase the refugee resettlement cap and to admit as many refugees as possible within that cap," the letter reads.

Black Catholics have been at the forefront of the push to get the Vatican to confront the church’s racist past and present.

Thousands of train passengers were stranded in different areas of the city, Indian's financial capital, and in other suburbs and towns of Maharashtra state as two days of continuous rain began to submerge rail tracks, forcing authorities to cancel or divert services.

Venezuelan migrants, fleeing violence and political instability at home, had been trickling into the island nation for several years. That trickle became a wave in 2018 as inflation soared and food shortages became acute.

But taken in context, the correspondence penned by disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick to the young men he is accused of sexually abusing or harassing is a window into the way a predator grooms his prey.

“As I visited with victims and those they love, my heart was breaking within me,” Bishop Mark J. Seitz said.

Author Juan Vidal reflects on the El Paso tragedy and what it means for U.S. Latinos and Christians.

Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is appealing a decision by Archbishop Charles C. Thompson to strip it of its Catholic name because of its refusal to part ways with a teacher in a same-sex marriage.

In May, Ireland became only the second country in the world to declare a “climate and biodiversity emergency.” But was it only a “greenwashing” move to distract climate activists from more oil and gas drilling?

"I am spiritually close to the victims of the episodes of violence that these days have bloodied Texas, California and Ohio, in the United States, affecting defenseless people," Pope Francis said.

The Catholic dioceses of El Paso, Texas, and neighboring Las Cruces, New Mexico, have joined in prayer after an August 3 mass shooting in a mall left several dead and many injured.

The 5,000-word letter focuses on four themes: pain, gratitude, encouragement and praise.

If we stop criticizing them and listen.

This Will Shakespeare is an insecure if well intentioned striver.