One month after President Barack Obama announced the relaxation of regulations governing travel and remittances to Cuba, activists were pushing to lift travel bans on all U.S. citizens. Members of Congress, representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Human Rights Watch called for

The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing by North Korea, warning that such acts of aggression threaten “the very survival” of the country’s own people by exacerbating its isolation. • Catholic Relief Services has announced that the agency will focus on hel

Several rulings and policy announcements are effectively rolling back immigration policies initiated by the George W. Bush administration.

"We're very hopeful that significant health reform is going to happen," said Jeff Tieman of the Catholic Health Association.

At a press conference in Washington, D.C., two Congressmen urged Obama to forgo rescinding the Bush administration's conscience-protection regulation.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel on May 11, the midpoint of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.