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.

Moral questions are at the heart of the push for a higher federal minimum wage.

Fleeing the Syrian civil war, refugees struggle to put their lives together in Jordan.

“Don’t forget the three P’s: prayer, peace and poverty,” Pope Francis, speaking in English, told the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as he bade him farewell after their 40 minute meeting in the Vatican on June 16. “We must walk together!” he added.It was t