Conditions deteriorate for Christians in Syria—and for everyone else—as fighting and bloodshed grow wider.

Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 50 people in north-central Nigeria 

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and therapy and insisted this begin by giving antiretroviral drugs to H.I.V.-positive pregnant women.

In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander.

Aid agencies from the Catholic church join the effort to respond to widespread flooding in India's Assam state.

The election of Mohamed Morsi has fed fears that Islamists will use their political mandate to impose restrictions on dress and behavior.