Peace & Justice

Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.

American dreams deferred

Catholic charities struggle to help families meet basic needs. “Here in San Jose, there’s a street that they call the ‘empty street’...

Fault lines

The immigration debate comes home to Catholic parishes She brought her children here from her country because she feared gangs would kill them. “I left...

Hidden in plain sight

The shadow world of human trafficking The beating was the final straw. The relentless daily psychological abuse had been bad enough; the endless days of work...