Making African farmers reliant on proprietary, genetically modified seeds "stands out like a new form of slavery," said Cardinal Peter Turkson.
Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan called on the Iraqi government to ensure the safety of all Iraqi citizens, especially Christians.
Many of the travelers were children whose mothers left Guatemala years ago to earn money to send back to their families.
Leaders of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt said a deadly attack against Christian worshipers was an act of political destabilization and a sign of the increasingly radical "Islamization" of the country.
Migration done properly could “contribute to greater gender equality and to the empowerment of women.”
A presumed miracle needed for the beatification of the late Pope John Paul II reportedly has reached the final stages of approval