Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger.
With more legislatures taking immigration-related problems into state hands, President Obama renewed his commitment to a federal approach to reform.
The scholars Daniel Callahan and his wife, Sidney, were honored for their distinguished contribution to culture by the editors of America.
Mexico confronted the horror of another mass slaying in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
"John Paul II is blessed because of his faith—a strong, generous and apostolic faith," Pope Benedict said May 1 just minutes after formally beatifying his predecessor.
Controversy has been brewing since a critique was released of the book Quest for the Living God, by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.