Pope Francis had strongly favored the pact, which sought to integrate Iran into the global economy in exchange for remaining nuclear-free.

"Sadly, religious freedom conditions deteriorated in many countries in 2017."

The U.S.-led missile strikes on Syria are a show of force that will accomplish nothing in a country that has seen nothing but war for seven years.

Will bombing or putting American “boots on the ground” bring peace to Syria?

Getting humanitarian aid to desperate populations during the conflict has largely been contingent on the warring sides to agree to a temporary cease fire.

The Trump administration should reconsider its shortsighted and inhuman restrictions on refugee resettlement

A small town Knights of Columbus council hopes to have a big impact halfway around the world.

"I think they have chosen Somalia because there is no central authority," Bishop Giorgio Bertin said.

As Syria's war soon enters its eighth year, the conflict is escalating in the country's north, between Turkey and the Kurds, and in the south, between Iran and Israel. 

The language spoken by Jesus and kept alive by Syriac Christians finds an unlikely haven in Paramus, New Jersey.