Attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia more than tripled between 2003 and 2010

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.”

In a letter to Congress, Bishop Stephen Blaire and Bishop Richard Pates supported moves to strengthen programs that help the poor and vulnerable at home and abroad.

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