Poverty

As demonstrators continue protests in Colombia's major cities, Catholic leaders have been showing support for some of the protesters' demands, while also trying to help them dialogue with the government.

Lawmakers and leaders of the faith-based Poor People's Campaign unveiled a sweeping new resolution on May 20 designed to eradicate poverty in the U.S.

Distinctly Catholic: Michael Sean Winters has a tongue-in-cheek reaction to the extravagant "FOCUS Founder's Forum."

Art: Historian Linda Nochlin's Misère explores how 19th-century art visualizes misery built into the very structure of society, and it's more relevant now than it was just a few short years ago at its 2018 publication.

From Where I Stand: COVID-19 lockdowns didn't deprive us of anything in the realm of faith. Instead, they are simply requiring us to dig deeper for spirituality ourselves — which is what we have always been meant to do.

Catholic bishops said the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating an already grave imbalance in living conditions and opportunities, alongside an "unbridled race to exploit hydrocarbons" in its parks and nature reserves.

If a nation's moral character can be measured by how it treats its children, the United States is not doing well. 

Being faithful to God means taking the risk of setting aside one's own needs and plans in order to serve others, Pope Francis said, celebrating Mass for the World Day of the Poor.