As flooding persisted in Bangkok, Thailand, Catholic university students and staff used a Jesuit residence as a base for relief efforts for flood victims.

Through Oct. 9 of this year, 469,967 cases of the disease have been reported, leading to 6,595 deaths.

The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.

Is Burma beginning to emerge from the political darkness of its recent past?

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life.

The government stands accused of nullifying nearly 1,600 birth certificates belonging to residents of Haitian descent.

An activist on behalf of indigenous communities on Mindanao in the Philippines, the Rev.Fausto Tentorio, 59, was killed by gunfire on Oct. 17.

Ask the Rev. Laurence Tracy about poverty in his mostly Hispanic neighborhood and he starts talking about funerals.

What started as a small demonstration to protest corporate influence over public policy may now be close to becoming a national movement.

A stark reflection of the poor state of religious freedom 10 years after the United States overthrew the Islamist Taliban regime.