Sean Callahan, president and C.E.O. of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, returned last month from tours and consultations with C.R.S. partners in Ukraine, Ghana and Ethiopia.

This is an essay in favor of hearing other people's cries—and responding—because it is a holy thing to do.

A violent assault on a famous author revives an ugly history: the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

“Rather than describing clericalism as an individual reality—a problem of ‘bad apples’—this study maps clericalism as a structural reality shaped by the interaction of three forces: sex, gender, and power,” the authors write.

For six years, “Better Call Saul” has given the story equivalent of a graduate-level seminar on morality, and the series finale is both satisfying and surprising.

Cardinal Dolan, at a recent press conference, reaffirmed the Catholic Church's commitment to aiding immigrants.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Rachel Lu

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Patrick Cullinan

Bruce Botha, S.J., said one notable achievement of the synodal process was that many people who experienced themselves on the margins of the church felt that they were heard.

For five years, the government and church of Nicaragua have been at odds over protests and state corruption.