Catholic News Service

The International Organization for Migration, through the Missing Migrants Project, is hoping to shed some light on the plight of families looking for their loved ones as well the magnitude of migrant deaths.

Catholics must contribute to helping protect the rights of the defenseless, weak and rejected, Pope Francis said.

The representation of Peru's diverse Indigenous communities in this year's Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square embodies the joy and hope of their faith.

 The Supreme Court's last case of the year looked at when death-row inmates can raise claims that they were given ineffective counsel.

More than 1,500 people filled St. Patrick's Cathedral to witness the formal end of the diocesan phase of the sainthood cause for Dorothy Day

A majority of the Supreme Court justices viewed a Maine school choice program that excludes religious schools as discriminatory.

Advocates for Haitians in and outside of the troubled nation are asking for immigration relief for those fleeing deteriorating situations in Haiti.

Days ahead of a major Marian feast day in the Catholic Church, a marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima was vandalized.

Flooding compounds hardships caused by conflict, hunger and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awarding of contracts worth $3.2 million, for legal and communications assistance, reportedly did not follow procedures required by canon law.

The best way to overcome indifference to the suffering of migrants and refugees is to look in their faces, Pope Francis said.

Encounter long sought by First Nations is put off again because of concerns about new COVID-19 variant.

Volha Zalatar denies charges of extremism. Her lawyer and rights groups say she is a political prison and has been tortured.

'Remain in Mexico' policy forces asylum seekers to wait in dangerous border cities while U.S. courts hear their cases.

Catholics in Singapore are marking the close of yearlong celebrations of the 200th anniversary of church's presence in the city state.

Pope Francis has given formal approval to a series of updates and modifications that have been made over the years to the norms regarding clerical sexual abuse.

The Swiss bishops' conference and the nation's conference of religious orders have commissioned an independent study of sexual abuse cases within the Catholic Church.

Celebrating Mass Dec. 5 in Athens' Megaron concert hall, Pope Francis spoke of the blessing and spiritual advantage of being a small community without power and without pretenses.

In front of the White House, a large group of women religious and their supporters shouted just a few feet way from the president's residence Dec. 3, calling him to end a Trump-era policy that keeps migrants out.