Maria Benevento

As U.S. vocations decline, the need for international priests grows. Also growing is receiving communities' awareness of how to best welcome, form and support priests serving amid a new culture.

Dying to Live is a collection of stories from the perspectives of refugees around the world. They speak of their escapes from dangerous home countries, harrowing journeys to safety, and hopes and fears for the future. The book also calls out those in power who control refugees' lives.

Catholic mothers today are finding support in communities they build online: Blogs, Facebook groups and Catholic websites can provide social interaction, create a forum for prayers, advice and encouragement, and can help moms make time for their own spiritual practice.

"The Visiting Room," a play written and performed by women who were in prison, is designed to break down barriers — starting with the "fourth wall" that separates performers from audience.

A June 6 message from the bishops' conference warns that if systemic problems are not addressed, "the consequences could plunge Honduras into a very difficult crisis to overcome."

With a conference format that fosters conversation and community, the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians, or ACHTUS, "models a different kind of way of being an academic."

Currently focusing on the often-overlapping issues of immigrant justice and mass incarceration, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity provides many options for California congregations of all faith traditions to "do something."

Seven weeks after the U.S. government rolled out its "Remain in Mexico" plan in the El Paso sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, statistics collected by the Hope Border Institute illustrate a dangerous reality.

The St. Leo University survey found the most commonly identified cause of the abuse crisis was a desire to "preserve and protect the Church's influence and reputation at all cost."

The Catholic Worker co-founder's program of farming communes, or "agronomic universities," was once considered a failure. Today, his ideas are resonating with modern ecological concerns.

A group of Catholic scholars and priests has written an open letter to the College of Bishops accusing Pope Francis of heresy.

A Los Angeles, California, superior court has ruled that a clergy sex abuse survivor can sue the state's Catholic bishops and the California Catholic Conference.

Asylum seekers and their supporters are awaiting a decision from Attorney General William Barr that could restrict protections for those persecuted due to their family membership. Barr's decision, expected in the coming months, hinges on whether a family can count as a "particular social group" for the purposes of asylum.

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen's dedication to the president's immigration agenda led to failures from both a humanitarian and an enforcement perspective, said immigrant advocates.

FaithAction International House in Greensboro, North Carolina, started a community ID program in 2013 that has spread throughout the state and the U.S. and allowed even undocumented immigrants to feel safer and more trusting in their interactions with law enforcement.

At an annual celebration for Archbishop Óscar Romero, Fr. Estefan Turcios Carpaño said we must continue Romero's legacy of engaging with lived reality and speaking out against injustice and violence.

Amid reports of a crisis on the southern border caused by unusual amounts of arriving migrants, Catholic advocates say to look beyond the statistics and government narratives.

The University of Dayton, a Catholic school in Ohio, plans to present its Romero Human Rights Award April 11 to three individuals who have worked to investigate those responsible for the El Mozote Massacre.

The Field Hospital: Bishop Sullivan Center's newly renamed, remodeled and reorganized community kitchen seeks to ensure its free meals are healthy, delicious and served restaurant-style.

Ahmad is one person who has found a home at a shelter for young male asylum-seekers that is run by members of the Viatorians religious order. Viator House takes in teens who have reached the age where they either need to move in with a sponsor or be transferred to adult detention.