Nicaragua can now be added to the list of countries that no longer send soldiers for training to a U.S. Army school in Georgia.

As Caritas Pakistan workers entered the worst-hit areas in that country to assess damage, government officials reported that monsoon rains have devastated communities, claiming at least 78 lives.

Reality intruded darkly on a symposium on religious liberty in Washington when news alerts reported the killing of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

The Missouri Legislature voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill meant to prevent employers or health insurance providers from being compelled to provide coverage for contraception, abortion or sterilization.

The attack at the Abbey of Latroun was condemned by the U.S. State Department, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and average Israelis.

The Franciscan Action Network called on Barack Obama and Mitt Romney “to acknowledge that climate change is an extremely critical ecological and moral issue