The move to shut down the camp put further pressure on the British government to accept more of the refugees who have been piling up at Calais, especially the camp’s many unaccompanied children. Almost all the refugees had been hoping to make it to Britain. In mid-October, as the first young p

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country's government institutions.

This bill discriminates against our African-American and Hispanic neighbors, sick seniors, the disabled, the uninsured and all who are vulnerable in our community, said Michael Scott, director of the D.C. Catholic Conference.

Haitian expatriates have long considered themselves a “dissed” diaspora—in both their new country and the old.

The call to liberalize Ireland’s abortion laws has created significant political pressure.

Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.