New aid package raises relief commitment to $1.7 billion, but access still an issue.

Law requires children to be "conscious of their decision" after "repeated requests to die."

Government and allied rebels responsible for countless killings, maiming and torture.

A U.N. committee insists that the Vatican publish detailed statistics on clerical sexual abuse.

Christians in Egypt and Syria threatened by civil unrest and extremist violence.

Study aimed explain sharp decline in the number of religious women in the United States.