Justice in Society

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s top diplomat to the United Nations called for a “holistic approach” in securing access to justice for women and girls. “Ensuring access to justice for women …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Marking the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference, urged Catholics to reflect …

The hope that comes from true faith “breaks the chain of evil,” promoting forgiveness and righteousness, Pope Leo XIV said at a Jubilee general audience Nov. 8.

Leah Libresco Sargeant discusses her new book “The Dignity of Dependence” about interdependence, modern society’s treatment of women and the reality of women’s needs.

“Justice is, first and foremost, a virtue, that is, a firm and stable attitude that orders our conduct according to reason and faith,” the pope said.

“To ‘hunger and thirst’ for justice means being aware that it demands personal effort to interpret the law in the most humane way possible,” the pope said.

(OSV News) — Deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, a new species of screech owl, dubbed the Xingu screech owl, was discovered by scientists in 2021. However, what …

(OSV News) — A leading African cardinal has described the Catholic Church in Africa as “a champion of human development,” saying that it’s precisely the church that makes up for …

(OSV News) — It was June 1963, and President John F. Kennedy had just months to live before an assassin’s bullet would shatter his skull in the streets of Dallas …

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — A Salvadoran prelate has urged the country to “avoid the imprisonment of innocent people,” marking rare public comments from clergy on a crackdown against criminal …