In  2010, 15.1 percent of Americans—46.2 million people, an all-time high—were living in poverty.

The U.S. bishops have asked preists to address “the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.”

Catholic Charities of New Orleans received $15 million to oversee an effort to provide direct assistance to Louisiana fishing families affected by the 2010 B.P. oil spill.

An estimated 73 percent of the population in affected areas say that they will have access to food for less than two months.

The suffering in Gaza remains widespread despite the easing of the Israeli blockade in 2010, say U.N. and church officials.

Archbishop José Gómez called upon the Obama administration and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform