An invitation from the White House to “work out the wrinkles” regarding the health care mandate failed to reach an agreement.

On March 5 St. Francis Xavier Church in Henryville, Ind., became the main aid center for local victims of a devastating chain of tornadoes.

According to the president of Caritas Lebanon, families escaping Syria "are coming out in the cold with nothing but the clothes on their backs.”

Progress was unexpectedly made in January and February in reducing tensions with a charter member of the “axis of evil.”

As many as 30 people have been killed in violence related to the Koran burnings.

The unregulated sale and transfer of weapons harms the poor and threatens peace and security around the world, said the Vatican's UN representative.