Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, has warned that drug cartels control the border between Mexico and Guatemala, provoking spasms of violence that have sent hundreds of Mexicans fleeing into his diocese.

However religious life evolves, whatever new religious life emerges, consecrated women will continue to answer God’s call with a courageous “YES,” sisters heard during the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Catholics in the Southern Italian city of Enna, Sicily, protested the local church’s role in covering up sexual abuse after a court recently ruled that the diocesan bishop sought to protect a priest accused of having abused several minors as a seminarian.

Pope Francis asked Catholic bishops in the Middle East to always be “signs of hope, a presence that nurtures words and gestures of peace, brotherhood and respect.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Working to turn migrants away from the prospect of peace and security in a new country is “a grave sin,” Pope Francis said. “It needs to be said clearly: There are those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants, and this, when done knowingly and deliberately, is a […]

A federal judge has halted an immigration policy offering protections for non-citizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens intended to keep their families together as they seek to legalize their status in the United States.

Former President Donald Trump recently wrote on social media that his administration would be “great for reproductive rights,” a term often used by those who advocate for legal abortion, followed by his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, promising Trump would veto a national abortion ban.

Pope Francis marked the feast of St. Monica by leaving the Vatican unannounced to pray at her tomb in the Rome basilica named after her son, St. Augustine.

Florida’s first execution of 2024, scheduled for Aug. 29, has been deemed “hypocrisy” because the death warrant is for a victim of abuse suffered decades ago at a state-run reform school for boys and comes as the state agreed to pay compensation for many of those abused at the school.

Pope Francis’ point man on immigration has urged Catholics to “welcome and protect” migrants, who ply increasingly perilous paths as they flee hardship and danger — only to meet indifference and hostility at the destinations.