Trials for genocide and human rights violations are proceeding in Guatemala, even after the death of the former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.

Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of U.S. priests, Archbishop Wilton Gregory addressed racism, sexism and a host of other societal challenges that "continue to hold us captive."

Álvaro Manuel Conrado Dávila was shot in the throat by police at close range with a rubber bullet.

"Eighty percent of the farm bill is around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It's significant when we hear it's going to include some dramatic cuts."

In California, Catholic opponents of the death penalty are trying to protect the largest population of inmates awaiting execution in the Western Hemisphere.

Wisconsin is the 15th state to at least put limits on seizures. Other states should follow suit.