Climate change is a faith issue because it deals with God's creation and with poverty, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.
The disputed report claims that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spent $26.6 million in 2009 on advocacy and outreach.
Congress must find ways to continue unemployment compensation to protect jobless workers and their families, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
The Rhode Island governor's decision “to avoid the word Christmas” in an invitation to a “holiday tree lighting” ceremony “is most disheartening and divisive,” said Bishop Thomas Tobin.
The administration it exploribng the wording of a religious exemption to a mandate that future health plans must cover contraceptives and sterilizations.
Kinshasa Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo challenges election results in Democratoc Republic of Congo.
November unemployment numbers released on Dec. 2 indicated a decrease in joblessness from 9 percent to 8.6 percent.