Two years later the recovery continues from a devastating earthquake.
Leading politicians in the Netherlands have called for the resignations in the wake of a damning report on sexual abuse in the Dutch church.
For decades the U.S. bishops have supported a decent minimum wage for U.S. workers in keeping with church teaching on a just wage.
In the midst of famine crises, the experiences of the hungry in Nairobi and in other urban centers in the Horn of Africa have been ignored.
In recent years progress has been made on improving the affordability of Catholic schools by school voucher programs and tuition tax credits.
Rev. Tomas Gonzalez Castillo is accused of human trafficking for doing what his supporters say was nothing more than providing food and shelter to displaced Guatemalans.
Portesting 10 years of detentions at at the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba