As the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 marked its 20th year Oct. 28, the Catholic congressman who wrote it -- and four other anti-trafficking laws in the intervening years -- celebrated the historic legislation that holds every nation on the globe "to account on human trafficking matters."

In what may be an all-time high, President Joe Biden has nominated nine Catholics to serve in his Cabinet.

The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith exonerated retired Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne of seven accusations of sexual abuse of minors and determined that five other accusations "could not be proven with moral certitude," the Diocese of Cheyenne said.

Idalia Reyes recuerda la desesperación que la empujó a buscar a coyotes para que llevaran a sus niños a los Estados Unidos. Reyes y sus hijos vivían en un campamento de tiendas de campaña en la rivera del Rio Grande, donde aguantaban crimen, rachas de frío y plagas de insectos y serpientes.

Dos cardenales, un arzobispo y una docena de sacerdotes concelebraron una misa fúnebre el 25 de enero por Roberto Mantovani, un exjugador de fútbol que pasó gran parte de los últimos años viviendo en las calles cerca del Vaticano.

Some officials with humanitarian aid agencies have told regional media that the withdrawal would create a "security vacuum" in the region as armed groups continued to patrol some areas.

"We know we are united as well with the prayers of the 62 million brothers and sisters whose lives have been cut short by abortion since the passage of Roe v. Wade," said the prelate, who heads the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

At some of the prayer vigils for an end of the death penalty in Virginia Jan. 22 -- held in locations across the state, including sites where lynchings took place -- the names of those killed were read aloud.

At least 75% of the parishes will be affected by this change, in both urban and rural areas.

Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, said Iraqis still are counting on Pope Francis to visit in March.

Pope Francis appointed the first women to the commission in 2014 and renewed their appointments, including Dr. Mary Healy, a professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.

El clero siempre deben recordar que son parte del pueblo de Dios y no un grupo élite, superior a los fieles, dijo el papa Francisco.

"'Ven y mira' es el método más simple para poder conocer cualquier situación. Es la prueba más honesta de todo mensaje, porque, para saber, necesitamos encontrar, dejar que la persona que tengo enfrente hable, que me llegue su testimonio", escribió el Santo Padre en un mensaje para celebrar el Día Mundial de las Comunicaciones Sociales de la Iglesia Católica.

Thousands showed up. "I guess by now I should know better than to sell the commitment of pro-lifers short. I've never been so happy to be wrong!" said the walk's co-chair Eva Muntean.

Indian Jesuit Father Stan Swamy marked 100 days in prison with a letter highlighting the cases of poor people languishing in jail who begin their trials without even knowing their criminal charges.

King said she was raised in a faith-filled, Christian home, but unexpected pregnancy and abortion were not topics of discussion. Absorbing the news, trying to find a solution, the women turned to the phone book. King recalls many entries under "pregnancy" offering abortion services and clinics -- but not much else.

"Why don't you form a government when the people are crying out from pain, starving from poverty and dying from disease?" Cardinal Rai, Maronite patriarch, asked, posing more than a dozen questions to the officials. He underscored Lebanon's dire situation in his homily Jan. 24 at Bkerke, the patriarchal seat north of Beirut.

En el último día de la Semana de Oración por la Unidad de los Cristianos, que tradicionalmente coincide con la fiesta de la Conversión de San Pablo, profundizamos sobre algunas ideas ecuménicas en el magisterio de los Papas de la modernidad.

La calidad de la relación entre la doctrina social de la Iglesia, "ferviente defensora de un sano y profundo ecologismo respetuoso con el ser humano", y los distintos Green New Deals dependerá "de los distintos grados de compatibilidad que puedan ir identificando ambas partes".

Abiding in God's love means nurturing one's relationship with him and with all those whom God loves, Pope Francis wrote in his homily for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.