Over the last two years, criminal justice reform has become the focus of both Democrats and Republicans as prison overcrowding drives up government spending on incarceration and law enforcement.
Parties seek criminal justice reform, but debate focuses on how much
Georgetown announces beginning of reconciliation for its slaveholding past
Georgetown University last year stripped from a building the name of one of its past presidents, a priest who authorized the sale of 272 women, children and men — slaves sold to save the university from financial ruin in 1838.
Miracle is sign of mercy, says Brazilian who prayed to Mother Teresa
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The inexplicable recovery from a severe brain infection — attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata — is a sign […]
Official portrait of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata unveiled in Washington
On the eve of her canonization as a saint, Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, who famously disliked being photographed, was immortalized with the unveiling of a dramatic portrait at the St. John Paul II National Shrine.
Labor Day statement ties lack of good jobs to decline in family life
Today’s “economic and political forces have led to increasingly lowered economic prospects for Americans without access to higher education, which is having a direct impact on family health and stability,” said Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami.
Thousands of Mother Teresa items archived by Catholic University
The Mother Teresa collection has a copy of Mother Teresa’s 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, autographed by the founder of the Missionaries of Charity herself. There are also two copies of the Marvel Comics illustrated biography of her life, issued in 1983, one year after Marvel successfully published a comic-book biography of St. John Paul II and many more.
Pope leads prayers for care of the earth, defense of the poor
With psalms praising the marvels of God’s creation and prayers begging God’s help to end the selfishness that destroys the earth and harms the poor, Pope Francis led vespers for the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.
Pope, religious leaders to mark 30th anniversary of 1986 Assisi meeting
ope Francis will join dozens of religious leaders — including Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury — and hundreds of their faithful in Assisi Sept. 20 to pray for peace.