Pontifical Salesian University, which has been conducting classes online since March 5, houses some 280 members of six religious orders.

Central governments must be able to respond to crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., but President Trump’s claim of “total” authority is a reminder that democracies must also be able to maintain limits on power.

A New CARA study on the priesthood examines the trend toward ordaining younger priests as compared to past years, citing factors such as cultural and immigration variables.

People are concerned that Syria will be further undermined not only by terrorism, humanitarian stresses, and lack of freedom but by the coronavirus pandemic as well.

The mass protests that had roiled Hong Kong since June 2019, now largely subsided because of the Covid-19 pandemic, are likely to return, many warn, because of recent gestures by Beijing to tighten control over the former British colony.

The needs of the indigenous peoples in South America are especially urgent during this time of pandemic and eight bishops of Peru's Amazon region are pointing this out.