The Kings Bay Plowshares 7, a group of Catholic activists who broke into Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in April 2018, were found guilty of three felonies and a misdemeanor each, including trespassing and defacing federal government property.

America Media and the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate are highlighting six young women religious working all over the country in a variety of ministries and religious orders.

Lest the reader assume that Sister Prejean’s work against the death penalty, is the sum total of her story, she spends the final pages of her afterword calling out the places where she sees continued injustices, particularly in the treatment of women and L.G.B.T. people in the church.

Send us your video reflections for an opportunity to be included in a tribute to the late Jean Vanier.

Jean Vanier lived the beautiful mystery of our human condition that we need one another, young and old, strong and weak.

Ms. Scaraffia described the spaces women have carved out for themselves to speak freely as “a hidden schism in the church, where the religious are separating themselves from the church.”

The Vatican sex abuse summit already includes some surprises

How World Youth Day is changing the church

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” we explore the topic of women deacons.

The simple lessons of Jean Vanier on humility and Christian love always bear repeating.