Hopeless and helpless, Central American children flee drugs, gangs, extortion and extreme poverty.

Pope Francis prayed for an end to violence in the Holy Land after praying the Angelus in St. Peter's Square July 13.

Women religious are setting an example of Catholic teaching on protecting the environment by welcoming people into their house of straw.

Pope Francis assured Iraqi Christians of his nearness during his Angelus address in St. Peter's Square July 20.

Cardinal George Pell, prefect of Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, talks about Vatican finances.

Archivists examine how World War I bolstered the Catholic Church in the United States.

Pope Francis spoke about the importance of the church during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square June 25.

The ongoing immigration debate plays out in Southern California, as protesters block a caravan of buses carrying minor and adult migrants to a Border Patrol station.

Two U.S. black Catholic leaders discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law.

Pope Francis said that the church should "weep and make reparation" for crimes of sexual abuse, which he likened to a sacrilegious cult.