On his last day in South Korea, Pope Francis celebrated Mass and prayed for a reconciled Korean peninsula.

Pope Francis called the crisis in Iraq an offense against God and humanity during his Angelus address August 10.

A look at the archives from the National Catholic War Council during World War I.

'Band of Sisters,' is a documentary film about Catholic sisters in the U.S., their response to Vatican II and the great social movements of the 1960s and 70s, and their work for social justice.

Hopeless and helpless, Central American children flee drugs, gangs, extortion and extreme poverty.

Women religious are setting an example of Catholic teaching on protecting the environment by welcoming people into their house of straw.

Cardinal George Pell, prefect of Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, talks about Vatican finances.

Pope Francis assured Iraqi Christians of his nearness during his Angelus address in St. Peter's Square July 20.

Archivists examine how World War I bolstered the Catholic Church in the United States.

Pope Francis prayed for an end to violence in the Holy Land after praying the Angelus in St. Peter's Square July 13.

Marking the centenary of World War One, experts discuss the legacy of the conflict that changed faith and society in the West.

Pope Francis said that members of the Mafia are excommunicated during a visit to Calabria on June 21.

Two U.S. black Catholic leaders discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law.

In June 2013, Cardinal Donald Wuerl ordained six men in the Archdiocese of Washington, calling them agents of the New Evangelization and heralds of the Holy Spirit.

Soccer may be the focus of the World Cup, but a Catholic law enforcement official says it's also a time to protect human trafficking victims.

The ongoing immigration debate plays out in Southern California, as protesters block a caravan of buses carrying minor and adult migrants to a Border Patrol station.

A letter-writing campaign among U.S. inamtes incarcerated as juveniles inspires Pope Francis to send a response on the issue of fair sentencing.

Pope Francis spoke about the importance of the church during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square June 25.

Pope Francis said that the church should "weep and make reparation" for crimes of sexual abuse, which he likened to a sacrilegious cult.

As the rainy season reaches its end, a race to get seed and tools into the hands of hard-hit subsistence farmers in the Central African Republic begins. In the capital Bangui, mortal conflict is a grim daily reality.