The history of the Middle East – and especially between Palestinians and Jews – abounds with blame, recrimination, retaliation, and an ever-escalating cycle of mistrust and violence. There is indeed ...

Cardinals and bishops attend Pope Francis’ celebration of a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 10, 2021, to open the process that will lead up to the assembly of the world Synod of ...

A key initiative in criminal justice reform and crime prevention is the growing use of the theory of restorative justice, which focuses on conflict resolution and meeting the needs of victims and ...

Restorative justice conferencing is a process to identify, address, and to the extent possible offer repair and transformation harm that has occurred to the impacted party, the community in which the ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

Restorative Justice Practice is slowly gaining ground in Lagos State as an integral part of the criminal justice system and this column urges other states in the country to quickly follow the example.

The U.S. criminal legal system wants us to believe that justice is achieved through punishment alone, and often by the harshest means possible. But this is simply not the case. The U.S. Bishops’ ...