The Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan said he was horrified to see widespread devastation and what he called “ghost towns” during a recent visit to northern Iraq. He said by email that there was little left in some of the communities that he toured on Nov. 27-29 and that

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

"God asked the church especially to be a sign of his love by continuing to open up a space where our service to one another can be manifested," Bishop Daniel E. Flores said.

No civilized society can remain indifferent to the clear suffering of so many at this time.

An exclusive interview with James Martin, S.J. and Martin Scorsese, the director of "Silence."

Immigration is an ancient and contemporary reality; human beings have always sought better conditions for their lives.