Taiwan’s Cardinal Paul Shan will make a historic visit to China, the first contact between Catholics on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in 60 years.

Representatives of Catholic organizations said that massive foreign investment in Africa is pushing small farmers off their land.

Will young Egyptian Catholics turn away from the church because it did not back protests that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak?

A 2009 joint statement by Catholic hospitals and labor unions concerning the right of workers to organize is still waiting for its first application.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she was prepared to defend S.B. 1070 all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The federal budget crunch should not be eased by cutting programs that help the poor, refugees and the unemployed, warned church leaders.