A court in the eastern Indian city of Ranchi sent a Missionaries of Charity nun to 14 days of judicial custody July 5 after she was arrested on charges of child trafficking.
Criminal Justice
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her Catholic faith and the urgency of criminal justice reform
I believe in the forgiveness of sins.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
13-year old juvenile admits to setting fire to historic Minnesota church
The juvenile was charged with arson in the first degree, according to a June 20 news release from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office, he was 13 at the time of the offense.
Posted inFaith, Features
How the church can help (or hurt) women in abusive marriages
What pastors say to women in abusive relationships can be life-changing
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican diplomat sentenced to five years in prison for child pornography crimes
It is the first time that a Vatican official has been condemned for such a crime.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
After three priests are murdered in the Philippines: ‘We will not be afraid.’
Church and political leaders alike expressed alarm over a growing culture of impunity. President Rodrigo Duterte’s frequent tirades against the Catholic Church in the Philippines are believed to have emboldened killers in the recent attacks against priests.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Was your car cleaned by a slave? A new app in the U.K. tries to answer.
Tens of thousands—including children—may be trapped in illegal employment in U.K. construction, hospitality and agriculture sectors, in domestic service, and, sadly, in prostitution.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders denounce Sessions’s asylum decision: ‘We have truly lost our moral compass.’
A decision to deny appeals for asylum in the United States based on claims of domestic abuse or gang violence has been deplored by Catholic leaders from coast to coast.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What we have learned 10 years after Postville, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history
At the time, it was the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
You have heard it said: Visit the imprisoned. But what about their guards?
From the very beginning, Christ came to deliver not only captives but their guards.