The law allows the woman to refuse to view the ultrasound and she may ask the provider to mute the heartbeat if audible.

Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is expected to force hundreds of thousands to lose food stamps.

El Salvador may have signed peace accords in 1992, he said, but there's a lot of hurt that remains because justice has been elusive.

For decades, the people of Bethlehem have watched tour buses drive up to the Church of the Nativity, disgorge their passengers for a few hours at the traditional birthplace of Jesus, and then return to Israel.

Burnout has been a perennial problem for clergy of many faiths.

A Jesuit who works for Jesuit Refugee Service in Thailand raised the question of ministry among migrants and refugees.