The statement from Archbishop Gomez comes five days after the U.S. launched a drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho has called for dialogue among all parties as violence escalates in Myanmar's Rakhine state.

The announcement from Jeff Anderson & Associates included plans for the law firm to file suits in the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and San Francisco and the Dioceses of Fresno, Monterey, Orange, San Bernardino, Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa.

A host of voices from throughout the religious spectrum condemned the Dec. 28 knife attack at the suburban New York City home of a Hasidic rabbi that wounded five, one of them critically.

Some 800 students met Pope Francis there Dec. 20; he was ready to listen to their questions and offer his reflections.

In the Philippines, the Christmas spirit can be found in a shopping mall chapel.

The measure, H.R. 4916, which now goes to the Senate for a vote, would improve conditions for immigrant farmworkers and their families

James Mayers, a 26-year-old local resident, was arrested at the scene of the fire.

The school was placed on lockdown during the nearby attack. None of the students were hurt.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty