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After more than two weeks of trouble and strife in Ecuador, the Minister of Government and the indigenous leader of the protest movement have shaken hands, sealing a breakthrough agreement aimed at a more equitable economic approach, signalling a path forward.

In the fourth century, St. Augustine became the first strong, Christian proponent of the theory of just war, which proposes a war can be morally justifiable in some cases because it might prevent an even worse situation. According to Pope Francis, however, the time has come to rethink that concept.

In some of his strongest language yet on the Ukraine war, Pope Francis Thursday, June 30, told a delegation of Orthodox leaders that the conflict in Ukraine amounted to a “war of aggression” that was unacceptable for Christians to support.

In 2017, Pope Francis went to Colombia to show his support for a historic peace agreement that put an end to a five-decades-long civil conflict.

U.S. Catholic immigration leaders celebrated a June 30 Supreme Court ruling that allows the Biden administration to end a controversial Trump-era border policy, but they have little optimism that the ruling will prompt any steps towards true immigration reform.

With the reversal of Roe, Judy Orr, executive director of Catholic Charities in the Nashville Diocese, and the agency's adoption and pregnancy counseling staff expect an uptick in the need for those services.

The Vatican announced it has completed the sale of a property in London that is at center of a Vatican trial for 10 people, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of financial malfeasance.

In an interview with Argentine news agency Telam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform of the Roman Curia, were "neither my invention nor a dream I had after a night of indigestion."

The Supreme Court June 30 rejected a challenge to New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers with no religious exemption.

In a time filled with many fears and spiritual "potholes," Franciscan scholar Jon Sweeney gives us some helpful reflections on how to navigate these days in light of who St. Francis of Assisi was and how he lived.

Bishop Edward Scharfenberger of Albany is proposing a new plan for victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the diocese that he argues will maximize their monetary recovery on a fair and equitable basis, accelerate those payments, and allow the diocese to avoid litigation or bankruptcy.

In a new interview with a German newspaper, the Vatican’s point man on ecumenical affairs says Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s defense of the war in Ukraine amounts to “heresy,” and has fractured the unity of the Orthodox community.

Just as in the days following last month’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller this week has been visiting hospitals, celebrating Masses, and praying.

Meeting with a delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Pope Francis thanks God for ecumenical progress over the years, and stresses the need to reconcile with separated Christians, especially as the world faces a "cruel and senseless war."

Elderly men and women often have "a special sensitivity for care, for reflection and affection" that is sorely needed in today's war-torn world, the pope said in a video message released by the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network June 30.

Following the World Meeting of Families, Gabriella Gambino, Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, discusses the successes the Meeting has shown, especially in demonstrating how the worldwide Church is itself one big family.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, grants an interview to Vatican Media to explain the goals of the document entitled "Theological Ethics of Life. Scripture, tradition, practical challenges" arriving in bookstores on 1 July.

"It's a really humbling thing to be a part of, to be among the people who are creating the music that we walk out of church singing," said Basi, a Catholic columnist, author, composer, wife, mother and active parishioner.

Interreligious dialogue is key to preventing "the extremism that, sadly, is a pathology that can appear also in religions," Pope Francis said in a message to members of a Jewish group engaged in dialogue for more than 50 years.