Francis demonstrates how to share Catholic moral principles in ways that invite and persuade rather than alienate and push people away.

Pope Francis made a passionate appeal to the international community to find ways to resolve the conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Jerusalem and the West Bank of the Jordan, where there is “an escalation of violence” that is bringing destruction and great sufferings to the peoples living there.S

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If heaven admitted shame, Clem and Richard Neuhaus might still blush at the separation they chose to create between themselves on earth.

International news in recent months has brought a steady stream of stories about migrants and refugees—their struggles to reach safety in Europe and their struggles after they get there. They leave their homes out of fear for their lives or at least in the hope of providing a future for their

Iraqi sister testifies before Foreign Affairs Committee on plight of Middle East Christians

What has been described as the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II reached a crescendo in early September as thousands of people fleeing Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern calamity zones piled up against hastily erected barricades on the outskirts of Europe. But European sentiment,

Thousands of people fleeing Middle East calamity zones are piling up at barricades on the borders of Europe.

Images of drowned babies washing ashore in Libya have circulated widely.

If Congress wants to truly welcome Francis, they should follow his example.