Members of Congress left Washington for their summer recess without approving funding to help manage the surge of unaccompanied minors and families that has been taxing the resources of federal agencies.Meanwhile, both the activists who favor smoothing the path for the immigrants and those who want

Shouting slogans such as "Obama, Obama, where are you? Iraqi Christians need you!" and "Stop the violence in Iraq!" about 150 protesters marched through the streets of downtown Detroit on Aug. 1 to call awareness to the violent persecution of Christians in their native land.Later

The latest ceasefire in Gaza unraveled less than two hours after it began on Aug 1 when a Hamas operation led to the killing of two I D F soldiers and the capture of a third updated IDF now reports soldier believed captured had been killed and circumstances around the incident are disputed In

After nine years of study and consultation, Vatican says it stays put, but urges education.

The president of Caritas Internationalis suggested Israeli and Hamas leaders pick up a pair of binoculars so they could see that "most of your victims are innocent people." Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, president of the Vatican-based umbrella organization for

When the staff at the lone Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip received text warnings to evacuate the premises, they had nowhere to go.Father Raed Abusahlia, president of Caritas Jerusalem who has been in contact with the parish priest, told Catholic News Service that Father Jorge Hernandez of the Ins