Victims of clergy abuse who are black say they were offered settlements far smaller than those given to white victims, an Associated Press investigation found.

"We oppose this rule that we believe is unlawful and inhumane. Countless children will be harmed by this new rule and this is simply not acceptable."

A record number of wildfires and the rapid deforestation of the Amazon are prompting Latin American bishops to plead for international action, writes America’s correspondent in Brazil, Eduardo Campos Lima.

We need not continue to enable the enablers of disinformation.

New South Wales is the only Australian state where abortion remains a criminal offense.

Deadly riots regularly occur in the third-largest prison system in the world, reports Eduardo Campos Lima, and Brazilian authorities are restricting the practice of religion rather than address overcrowding, gang activity and other problems.