Conditions deteriorate for Christians in Syria—and for everyone else—as fighting and bloodshed grow wider.
“Nuns on the Bus: Nuns Drive for Faith, Family and Fairness” is sponsored by Network, a Catholic social justice lobby based in Washington, D.C.
Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 50 people in north-central Nigeria
U.S. bishops object to House proposals for food assistance cuts.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and therapy and insisted this begin by giving antiretroviral drugs to H.I.V.-positive pregnant women.
The economic downturn that has been a hardship for Americans has had a greater impact on the elderly in Cuba, who increasingly struggle to fend for themselves.
In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander.