Two weeks after the government of Peru threatened to expel Paul McAuley, a La Salle brother and British missionary known for his environmental defense work, the president of the Peruvian bishops’ conference expressed his “full support for the…[country’s] missionaries in their work of evangelization.”

Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.

The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.

Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.

Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.

Countries can take steps to ward off the curse, but weak governments postpone the task as easy money rolls in.

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.

Advocates for the homeless see hopeful signs in a federal plan unveiled June 22 by the Obama administration.