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 disputed report claims that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spent $26.6 million in 2009 on advocacy and outreach.

The Rhode Island governor's decision “to avoid the word Christmas” in an invitation to a “holiday tree lighting” ceremony “is most disheartening and divisive,” said Bishop Thomas Tobin.

Kinshasa Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo challenges election results in Democratoc Republic of Congo.