There are many reasons to abolish the death penalty. Innocents on death row may be the most compelling.
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Forests throughout North America would not be the same today without the trailblazing work of a small Mohawk Catholic community in Quebec.
The Bible speaks of a "year of the Lord's favor" -- the year of Jubilee. We need it now more than ever.
An interview with theologian Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz on solidarity, public life, and the blessings that come when you really listen.
In the wake of last year's Fukushima disaster, German chancellor Angela Merkel announced the country would phase out nuclear power. Churches are at the forefront of Germany's new solar revolution.
The Bible-inspired movement set the standard -- and the inspiration -- for future campaigns for change.

Chinese churches face off against human trafficking -- and start to see social justice as part of their mission.

Caught in the crossfire of army, guerrilla, and paramilitary forces, women, farmers, and Indigenous leaders in Colombia fight bravely for the right to live.

In 1961, going "back South" to form an interracial community meant facing a bitter -- and bittersweet -- history.

What will it take to shut down "Satan's marketplace," the global slave trade? Every weapon in the arsenal of nonviolence.
Human trafficking happens around the world -- and right down the street. A Washington, D.C. organization works to save girls from dangers close to home.

Indigenous communities -- and local church leaders -- stand against open-pit mining that threatens to despoil Patagonia.

Fifty years after Vatican II, will a new generation of lay Catholics lead prophetic change in the church and in the world?

Multigenerational households are becoming more common, by choice or by necessity -- and these expanded family circles have both benefits and perils.
Despite the enormous success of lay involvement and Catholic outreach to the world, several trends indicate serious challenges for the Catholic Church in the United States.

An Arab Christian works -- person by person and block by block -- to bring Muslims and Christians together in Jordan.