The millions of refugees and migrants in the world "are looking for a place they can live in peace,” Pope Benedict XVI said on Jan. 15.
Several legislative challenges to crucial domestic and international anti-poverty programs were turned back in 2011.
A persistent drought is forcing farmers to abandon traditional rain-reliant practices.
For decades the U.S. bishops have supported a decent minimum wage for U.S. workers in keeping with church teaching on a just wage.
In recent years progress has been made on improving the affordability of Catholic schools by school voucher programs and tuition tax credits.
Portesting 10 years of detentions at at the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba