At conference in Mozambique the U.S. took a few tentative steps toward the land mine ban.

Bishop Eusebio Elizondo auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops rsquo Committee on Migration called upon the Obama Administration on July 2 to reconsider its request to Congress for ldquo fast track rdquo authority to expedite the removal of unaccompa

In concurrence, Justice Scalia warns of "abortion-speech edition of the First Amendment."

The working document for the October 2014 extraordinary Synod of Bishops offers a picture of the Catholic Church today struggling to preach the Gospel and transmit moral teachings amid a "widespread cultural, social and spiritual crisis" of the family.The 75-page "instrumentum la

Parishioners donate food, clothing and time, but 'a long-term solution is needed.'

Meriam Ibrahim had been sentenced to death by hanging for marrying a Christian.