Mother Teresa always returned to India to be with those she loved most—the lonely, abandoned, homeless, disease-ravaged, dying, "poorest of the poor" in Kolkata's streets.

'We have sometimes spoken of marriage so abstractly that it loses all its attractiveness.'

"From a generation of drug addicts shall we become a generation of street murderers?"

Florida residents, officials and health care leaders have their hands full this summer containing the Zika virus outbreak, which prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue its first domestic travel advisory.During the first week of August, the Florida Department of Health repor

Zika is the most recent and high-profile instance of diseases that might have deleterious effects on the unborn children.

"I extend my greetings and wish you success at the Olympic Games in Rio—that your courage and strength find expression through the Olympic Games and serve as a cry for peace and solidarity."

The reinforcements will shore up Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces as fighting over control of the city intensifies.

“My Catholic faith is very important to me...It is part of who I am and I feel comfortable practicing my faith."

Total admissions for the current budget year, which ends Sept. 30, now come to about 7,900, and the vast majority of them are Sunni Muslims.

Daly became a hero by administering last rites to victims on the streets amid the mayhem of the Catholic Bogside district.

How good are we with the cracks, with responding to unexpected demands?

“What we see is a counter witness, instead of a faithful one founded in the truth.”

"I think this would be an opportunity for more women in ministry to come together with their male peers in a really holistic, beautiful way."

“How truly difficult it is for us to pardon those who have done us wrong!”

The commission's statement—released on the second anniversary of the initial IS attack on the Sinjar area in Iraq—urged action to prevent further death and suffering.

Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan dismissed Western policy regarding the Syrian civil war as Machiavellian and hypocritical, driven by global strategic interests and the price of oil.

Seminarian Brian Bergkamp had been missing since he saved the life of a woman who fell into the Arkansas River on July 9.

The 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) was held in Durban, South Africa on July 18-22.

"Joan Chittister," by Tom Roberts; "Two Dogs and a Parrot," by Joan Chittister