The pope’s series, which began in Aug. 5, focuses on healing the world from the physical and social ills related to the coronavirus pandemic.

The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.

The trafficking of women in Latin America has increased with the Covid-19 pandemic, according to church activists.

A Catholic priest was found dead in El Salvador on Aug. 7, the most recent in a pattern of Salvadoran clergy killings over the past half century. 

Women, children, elderly people, Indigenous populations and migrants will be among those suffering the most.

A cartoon series from a decade ago proves to have profound lessons for today.