On the eve of the opening of the 64th General Assembly, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan said the U.N. should embrace the notion of “the human person as the heart of all institutions."
The president’s address offered a sign that the administration has been listening to concerns raised by the bishops and pro-life organizations about abortion funding in any reform legislation.
For the first time in the history of the church in China, a Catholic seminary on the mainland is offering a program to train pastoral workers and catechists.
Nearly two years after a controversial presidential election prompted widespread violence, Kenya remains a country on the brink of crisis.
The official lamented that producing urgently needed medicines is no longer driven by traditional medical ethics, but by money.
The bishops of Nigeria blame government inaction for the death of more than 2,000 people during a recent uprising by an extremist Islamic group.