Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states, attended the Syria Donors Conference in London Feb. 4 and said the Catholic Church would continue to help the region through its fundraising efforts.

“We work well together,” says Philippe Zribi, a Tunisian-born Jew whose family runs the butcher’s store that employs eight people: three Jews, three Muslims and two Catholics.

"Fear does funny things. Fear can lead us to lash out against those who are different. Or lead us to try to get some sinister other under control," Obama said at the annual National Prayer Breakfast.

"To be top of this list would be an achievement if it didn't mean that one-third of Kentuckians are on government subsidies," Gov. Bevin spokeswoman Jessica Ditto said.

The Rome-based Catholic Sant'Egidio Community and the Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy lobbied the Italian government to grant 1,000 humanitarian visas for particularly vulnerable refugees.

"I'm going to Mexico not as a wise man bearing things, messages, ideas or solutions to problems...But I will seek the wealth of faith that you have; I want to come in contact with that wealth of faith."