Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., who served from 1983 to 2008 as the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 26, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. • In a report released on Nov. 30, Caritas Europa charged that austerity policies have left 120 million p

Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.

They "pray, pray" that family members can get out of northern Iraq before a major Islamic State attack.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country's government institutions.

The plight of these children and teens highlights the growing problem of unaccompanied child migrants throughout Europe.