The apologies reflect General Stanley McChrystal’s new strategy that prioritizes winning over the civilian population.

“The American people are tired of partisan bickering and want lawmakers to find common ground," said Sister Carol Keehan of the Catholic Health Association.

Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki of drought-afflicted Marsabit, Kenya, said his diocese has been struggling with the “deadly effects of global warming for years now.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the United States would work to see that Haiti's indebtedness was forgiven.

A new report says the United States must broaden its view of the role of religion in other countries beyond counterterrorism strategies.

Homelessness appears to be making a comeback, but not in the urban and rural communities where it persisted in past decades.