VENICE, Italy (CNS) — The rusted wrought iron frame and grate of an old well became a garden of crocheted flowers inside the courtyard of the Giudecca women’s prison in Venice. The handmade garlands also adorned the archways’ brick columns and copper
In August 2020, Jimmy Lai was arrested by Hong Kong authorities for violating the Chinese National Security Law. In this article, Lai’s friends and associates recount the former billionaire’s loss of his personal fortune and decision not to flee Hong Kong. His
After a raucous jury trial, five pro-life activists face as many as 11 years in federal prison for convictions to conspire to blockade a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.
Convicted Aug. 29 in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of conspiracy
The story out of Nicaragua has nudged me to pray for the exiles, but especially for Bishop Álvarez, and to offer fasts of food and small pleasures for his good -- for his well-being, his spirit, his fortitude -- for his freedom,
Columnist David Mills explores the reality of false convictions from a Catholic perspective, writing that it’s something the Church warns about in its social teaching: “False conviction is a problem for Christians in two ways. First, our neighbors suffer this injustice, and