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A flurry of pro-life events around the nation augmented the annual March for Life Jan. 22 in a frigid Washington.In New Haven, Conn., headquarters of the Knights of Columbus, the Knights released the results of a poll conducted for them by Marist University.The poll, released Jan. 21, indicated supp

Ill health and sexual harassment charges against him appear to be behind his resignation.

Cardinal says critics of pope’s words on economic injustice fail to “understand reality.”

Negotiators in Ethiopia reach plan to end violence and release detainees.

Despite single-digit temperatures, thousands descended on Washington on Jan. 22 to declare their opposition to abortion. Most of the red noses and chapped lips belonged to faces under 25. "We are the pro-life generation," read signs carried by the marchers.March for Life President Jeanne M

For Syria, dialogue is the only way forward, said Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi today. Tomasi is head of the Holy See delegation at the international conference on Syria in Montreux, Switzerland. “Confronted with the indescribable suffering of the Syrian people," he said, "a sens

Syrians hold out little hope for peace, Christians in the region pray for unity

Remarks made in homily of the Jan. 21 Mass opening the National Prayer Vigil for Life.

Violence has worsened between police and pro-European Union demonstrators in Kiev, Ukraine.

Pope Francis will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican March 27, the White House announced and the Vatican confirmed.The spring meeting would be Obama's second visit to the Vatican as president, but his first with Pope Francis, who was elected March 13, 2013.The White House said