In an article written in the January 19, 2019 of La Civilta Cattolica, the former head of the Vatican Press Office, Federico Lombardi, S.J. who was appointed by Pope Francis to be the moderator of the upcoming February Vatican summit on clerical sex abuse, said that if it is not "fully confronted," the credibility of the church and "all her priests" will "remain seriously wounded" and the ability of the church to proclaim the Gospel "will suffer" as a result.

The U.S. Senate late Jan. 16 unanimously adopted a resolution "to reaffirm religious liberty and condemn religious tests for federal officials."

In this article for Catholic Schools Week (January 29-February 2, 2019), we learn of a Maryland high school which has come up with a program designed to support students with intellectual disabilities in an inclusive setting.

The study found Latina immigrant women in Arizona who were pregnant during the contentious S.B. 1070 passage had babies with lower birthweight compared with those in prior years. Average birth weights did not decrease among U.S.-born white, black or Latina women during the same time.

Government investigators said Thursday that thousands more migrant children may have been separated from their families than the Trump administration has acknowledged.

This article discusses the many--and complicated--reasons why people in Central America have been fleeing their homes in trying to reach the United States in search of better lives, often at great danger to themselves and their families.