When residents of advanced economies think about nations wounded by criminal impunity, a few glaring cases no doubt come to mind—Haiti, where gangs have...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
It’s a warm, sunny day as I prepare my backpack, borrow one of my son’s refillable water bottles, and grab a couple of protein bars. You would be justified in...
The United States’ immigration system is, as Alejandra Oliva writes, “hungry for bodies to suffer.” In her book, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith...
I live in a close-knit small town. We volunteer with local organizations, talk to our neighbors, and offer support when a struggle or celebration calls for it...
Forty-one years ago, I joined the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department, located in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. As a first-generation college student from a...
It wasn’t supposed to be this way, Vice President JD Vance complained to tech and corporate leaders gathered at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington last...
On June 17, 2025, Holy Family Parish, a Catholic Church in Gaza, was struck by an Israeli shell that killed three people and injured several others. This...
Arriving to the United States as a teenage undocumented migrant—a refugee from his native El Salvador—Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala of Washington, D.C...
At an Apache sacred site in Arizona, Chi’chil Bildagoteel—known in English as Oak Flat—Catholic sisters joined Apache elders and youth this year, on July 18...
“Peace be with you all.” With this simple greeting, Pope Leo XIV introduced himself to the world from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. For Catholics, peace...
