Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, but it still struggles with poverty, widespread corruption and recurring ethnic violence.

Flooding at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdeson Oct. 20 temporarily closed much of the popular French pilgrimage site.

The announcement that a London-based family planning charity would open an abortion clinic in Belfast caught Northern Ireland’s politicians by surprise.

"Frontex, as an E.U. agency, is bound to do all in its power to ensure that the rights of migrants entering the E.U. are respected.”

As a global synod convened in October, it may be fair to ask how the "new" evangelization differs from the "old."

In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.