A gang truce has led to a significant drop in El Salvador’s homicide rate.

Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town and legendary opponent of South African apartheid, was awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize on April 4. • In a letter on March 22, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston urged Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to support the

The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on April 3 to approve a historic treaty.

Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they do not want wisdom from the Bible.

Church reconstruction is moving forward at a faster pace after months of discussions.

South Korea’s bishops on April 5 asked Pope Francis to act as a peace mediator amid the escalating nuclear tension in the Asian peninsula. “The dominant sentiment among the South Korean population isn’t so much fear, but concern and bitterness for the current situation,” said