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Fifteen percent of all Americans, including nearly 1 out of 4 children, live in poverty.
Peace is not simply a gift to be received from God, the pope said; it is a task people of good will must undertake.
The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development praises a new federal rule to cut down on the amount of toxins emitted from coal- and oil-fired plants.
Sculptures and statues of the priest and scientist Matteo Ricci, S.J., are appearing throughout China.
Church agencies teamed with international aid groups and the Philippine government to assist tens of thousands of people left homeless.
The new secretary general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said “I see my appointment as recognition from the bishops of the work that women are doing in this part of the world.”