America Staff

The bishops offer principles of Catholic teaching that might help inform policy choices in Afghanistan.

“For the first time in the history of humanity, the number of hungry persons has reached 1 billion,” Jacques Diouf told the synod.

Flooding in the provinces of Pangasinan and Benguet, about 120 miles from the capital, Manila, began on Oct. 8.

None of the major health reform bills before Congress adequately addresses the concerns raised by the bishops in the areas of abortion, conscience protection, immigrants and affordability.

Progress has been reported on drafting immigration legislation, and promised administrative reviews of some of the most harshly criticized aspects of federal immigration policies.

Nuns from congregations nationwide laboring for Nuns Build were swinging hammers and hanging wallboard in New Orleans homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Pregnancy resource serve an estimated 1.9 million people each year and rely heavily on volunteer support.

More than 1,000 students from the District of Columbia assembled in Washington to urge members of Congress to support an endangered federal voucher program.

The bishops’ representatives expressed concern about the plan’s affordability and its failure to address questions about abortion coverage and the health of immigrants.