Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.

Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast.

The coast of Louisiana is off limits to its own residents, and their livelihoods and quality of life are suffering.

Women refugees are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses in cases where they have been forced to leave their homes.

A $7.3 billion pledge is not enough to stop millions of needless deaths and not enough for the G-8 leaders to say they've lived up to their responsibilities.

A lower court ruled that an Oregon man could try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest.