Msgr. John E. Kozar, secretary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, said the agency maintains a low profile because it works through and with the local church.

A monk’s vocation is toward God, not a strategic retreat from something else.

The election is seen as a test of far-right populism ahead of national elections in far bigger European nations, France and Germany.

Regulatory bodies such as the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission seem nearly powerless when up against the online advertising juggernaut.

Catholics in South Korea called for unity following a unanimous ruling on March 10 by the Constitutional Court to uphold the impeachment of now-former President Park Geun-hye.

Francis never made the purported comments and has not changed or added to the Ten Commandments.