A Catholic News Service contributor in Caracas, Venezuela, was taken by military counterintelligence officials after his home was raided early March 6.

Ms. Wilson-Raybould resigned from her post in the cabinet of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 12 over what she called pressure to go easy on bribery and fraud charges against the Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

If you picture a dark-winged figure tempting Jesus in the desert, you reduce the real power of evil. Why? Because you have removed the devil’s greatest advantage: the darkness of confusion.

A compromise to protect Dreamers and T.P.S. recipients “must not be achieved at the expense of other immigrant children and families,” said Bishop Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez in testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

The sides also that said agreements will be reached by consensus and that those agreements will be the foundation of what the talks produce.

There is a growing awareness about solitary confinement, a practice affecting 60,000 to 100,000 people in U.S. prisons.

Women religious in India who spoke up against the clergy who abused nuns claim that they are being treated as outcasts and appealing to the Vatican for protection.

Cardinal George Pell of Australia's appeal of his conviction on sexual abuse charges has been fast-tracked to June so it can be heard. He is presently in jail and by the time his appeal is decided, he will have been imprisoned for 3 months.

This week's guest is Sister Theresa Aletheia Noble.

The percentage of Catholics in the world has remained steady, while the number of priests has decreased for the first time in almost a decade.

If all the church’s worship should be thought of as a journey, Lent involves achieving platinum frequent flyer status.

With the beginning of Lent, we are all called to focus on one of the spiritual aspects of the sex abuse crisis that underpins all the others: namely, the tragic failure to see.

Life does not have to be this way. You don’t have to be this way. You can begin again. All that you require has been here all along. You need only return to the mystery of your own baptism.

Reflections on the three pillars of Lent: prayer, fasting and almsgiving

Lent is the moment — or 40 days of moments — for us to turn away from our constant and public self-curating and turn towards God.

Even the holiest people are complicit in social sin; we benefit from injustices that we do not control. Yet we still have the freedom to seek God’s grace.

Survivors of abuse and their advocacy organizations had expressed frustration with the lack of specific recommendations at the conclusion of the Vatican summit.

Fasting always sounds like a brilliant idea before the consequences hit home. Having lost some control over my bowel movements, I felt vulnerable and fragile. I was afraid. Was it really worth it? Would I make it the full 40 days?

The practice of remembering death may sound grim, but not so long ago, it was considered an essential part of the Christian tradition.

The Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019 will be celebrated Sept. 29