The U.S. bishops have agreed on a set of principles designed to ensure a fair process when health care workers decide whether to join a union.

Palliative care must be part of the nations health care reform, said Colleen Scanlon (left), of the Catholic Health Association.

Some U.S. bishops and Catholic university presidents are preparing for a dialogue aimed at reaching a consensus about speakers on their campuses.

An decision to seize the funds of several Catholic institutions in order to force them to comply with tax regulations was quickly reversed.

Will federal health reform be like "the Massachusetts plan on steroids," as one commentator predicts, or something else entirely?

The poverty rate is much higher in Africa, where about one in four people suffers from chronic hunger.