Fifteen percent of all Americans, including nearly 1 out of 4 children, live in poverty.

The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development praises a new federal rule to cut down on the amount of toxins emitted from coal- and oil-fired plants.

Church agencies teamed with international aid groups and the Philippine government to assist tens of thousands of people left homeless.

The proposed law strives to provide justice for victims of religious violence and and hold law enforcement officials accountable for not stopping the violence.

A three-day conference on issues faced by Catholic advocates of comprehensive immigration reform is scheduled for Jan. 11-13 in Salt Lake City.

Christians represent nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion 2010 global population.