The terms "poverty" and "America" did not seem to fit together for Philippine native Mar-Rex Lindawan, a nursing student at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.A March visit to Appalachia changed her perspective. What Lindawan found during a weeklong visit to Wes

Documents detailing a 2014 court decision ordering the deportation of a now-80-year-old former defense minister from El Salvador directly connect his leadership to human rights abuses and a reign of terror against the country's civilians including a Salvadoran archbishop and women religious duri

A priest is called to be in the midst of his flock, protecting his people, searching for those who are lost and always serving those in need, Pope Francis told the world's priests.If a priest wants to overcome those inevitable moments of sadness, exhaustion and boredom as well as discover his tr

The families of the three people killed in the Boston Marathon bombing explosions a year ago marked the first anniversary with poignant remembrances and emotional testimonies.Prayer and a simple wreath-laying ceremony took place at the two sites where their loved ones lost their lives and scores wer

Leaks from an executive summary of a five-year Senate investigation into controversial CIA detention and interrogation techniques have called into further question the already controversial use of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Revelations from the summary leaked so far suggest tha

Church leaders in South Sudan have called on their country's warring groups to stop fighting and begin serious peace negotiations.In a pastoral statement released in Juba on April 13, nearly four months after fighting broke out in the newly independent African country, officials of the South Sud