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A U.S. bishop who recently visited with refugees in Iraq told a Senate subcommittee March 11 that a multi-pronged approach is needed to combat a wide range of humanitarian problems including religious persecution."Grim statistics are only part of the story," Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruce

Jean Vanier, an advocate for people with developmental disabilities who helped create an international network of residential communities that champion the rights of their residents, has won the 2015 Templeton Prize.A Roman Catholic layman and a lifelong student of philosophy and theology, Vanier is

Drying livestock carcasses and anguished faces of hungry women and children have become a common feature here as droughts increase due to climate change.But now, in an effort to fight hunger, the Roman Catholic Church is making 3,000 acres of church-owned land available for commercial farming.&ldquo

Memories of Boko Haram’s murderous spree in his Nigerian hometown haunt Tom Gowon, 9, as he sits on a patch of grass at a refugee camp, sipping steaming porridge from a plastic mug.“I was lucky because I was not killed,” said Gowon, recalling the assault on Baga, Nigeria, in early

‘Listening to people, for me, never did me any harm.’

Turkey on verge of being ‘overwhelmed’ as thousands flee Islamic State

The Syrian refugee crisis—now totaling nearly 4 million refugees—has reached a “tipping point,” in which countries in the region are no longer able to handle the flow of refugees across their borders, warned U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops officials who recently traveled

The Catholic Church firmly opposes the death penalty and urges all states to move toward its abolition, said the Vatican's permanent observer to United Nations agencies in Geneva."My delegation contends that bloodless means of defending the common good and upholding justice are possible and

As the second anniversary of Pope Francis' election approached, an international group of philosophers, sociologists and theologians gathered to discuss how to renew the church in a secular age; many said that is exactly what Pope Francis is doing."I think the church had gotten into the sta

‘New York has lost a good and holy pastor. America magazine has lost a true friend.’