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Rosa Martinez, an immigration activist and a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, takes part in a rally Sept. 12 in Washington urging Congress to pass the DREAM Act. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Five ways you can help Dreamers affected by the end of DACA
Angelo Jesus Canta
From calling legislators to organizing parish activities, you can mobilize on behalf of vulnerable undocumented youths.
FaithExplainer
Who is St. Peter Claver, ‘apostle to the slaves’?
Colleen Dulle
Sept. 9 is the traditional feast day for St. Peter Claver, often recognized as the patron saint of Catholic ministry to African-Americans in the United States.
Pope Francis speaks as he celebrates Mass with about 50 cardinals in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 27. The Mass marked the pope's 25th anniversary of his ordination as a bishop. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithExplainer
Five reasons Pope Francis embraces the Vatican II liturgy
John F. Baldovin
With his speech last week, Pope Francis has definitively and unequivocally put his weight behind a liturgical movement.
FaithExplainer
Explainer: What the “new” Vatican rules on gluten-free hosts mean
Emma Winters
Odds are, if your parish provides a “gluten-free” host, it is actually just using a low-gluten host.
FaithExplainer
A history of the friction between the Girl Scouts and the Catholic Church
Teresa Donnellan
Despite recent criticism, the Girl Scouts boasts of its relationship with the Catholic Church on its website.
FaithExplainer
Why does the Catholic Church require most of its priests to be celibate, and is this going to change?
Zac Davis
Are there married priests already in the Catholic Church? Can we expect a change?
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