A Maryland priest has agreed to become the standby guardian for 31 children whose immigrant parents fear arrest and deportation.

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“If a woman who got to her late 20s or 30s without being married, many members of staff, especially men, would call them ‘FOCUS widows.’”

“I was in debt to FOCUS my first year.”

It's ok if you're struggling to feel empathy.

You would likely call St. John Paul II’s relationship with Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka an “emotional affair”.

Martin made millions of dollars as CEO and allegedly placed his family members into roles for which they were not qualified, and paid them more than the qualified employees.

Over the past few years, former FOCUS ministries and students shared with me hundreds of stories about their experiences with the ministry.

That threat resulted in me uncovering yet another child sexual abuser among the Catholic ministry's leadership.

A look at the history of Catholic teaching might surprise you.

More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.

Courage quietly removed Fr. Mendez from its website and never publicly acknowledged his conviction for sexual violence against a child.

What a legal threat from Courage International reveals about institutional power, survivor autonomy, and the commercialization of faith.

We talk about black-and-white Catholicism, youth ministry culture, and what happens when faith gets tangled up with OCD and scrupulosity.

This is not terribly surprising to me.