Here's a look at some of the major sites destroyed by IS in Iraq and Syria.

The conflict in Syria is a proxy war, not between the United States and Russia, as some American commentators have suggested, but between the two major powers vying for regional hegemony.

United Nations sources report that as many as 30 million are threatened by hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen—and 20 million “are at immediate risk.”

Solidarity with South Sudan's farm has become a major teaching center, modeling agricultural techniques for farmers seeking more sustainable ways of producing food.

In neighboring Canada, a dedicated network of Catholic peacemakers has been hard at work building a movement for nonviolence.

Bishop DeSimone was in harm's way, just a step or two behind the action.