'By setting the high goal, we actually force ourselves day by day to take action.'

'If society can protect itself without ending a human life, it should do so.'

Pledge to make cities "socially inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" through low-impact development

Bombings and clashes between security and protestors claimed the lives of two people.

When the Islamic State overran the Iraqi town of Qaraqosh last August, one of the priests there jumped into his car and joined the exodus of Christians on the road east in the hope of reaching the safety of Kurdish-controlled territory.Little did Father Bashar Kthea, a Syriac Catholic priest, know t

Pope Francis has named three auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, including Father Robert Barron, a popular commentator on the Catholic faith.