Editor Kerry Weber on empowering girls and young women to write their own stories.
A test for the U.S. in the troubled waters of the East China Sea.
Church leaders in the Central African Republic are hoping the arrival of U.N. troops will end bloodshed in Bangui, where at least 16 people were killed on Dec. 5 after the city was attacked by supporters of former President François Bozizé. • At a hearing on capitol hill on Dec. 5, Rev. Larry
As South Africans prepared for the memorial service for Nelson Mandela on Dec. 10, tributes from around the world poured in, acclaiming a man who steered South Africa away from certain conflict and through a slow, sometimes painful process of reconciliation—one that is in many ways ongoing.Des
Workers around the country stepped away from their jobs at fast-food restaurants and other low-wage sites on Dec. 4 in protests demanding improved wages. Workers and supporters say their wages are too low to support their families and that many as a result are forced to rely on government assistance
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, president of the USCCB, calls lawsuit “misguided” and “baseless."
Group will advise pope on ways to prevent abuse and provide pastoral care.