In a letter to Congress, Bishop Stephen Blaire and Bishop Richard Pates supported moves to strengthen programs that help the poor and vulnerable at home and abroad.
Demographic data show the U.S. church is younger and more ethnically diverse, though increasingly Latino.
Attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia more than tripled between 2003 and 2010
The unregulated sale and transfer of weapons harms the poor and threatens peace and security around the world, said the Vatican's UN representative.
The Mayan human rights activist Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez of Guatemala is the winner of Japan’s Niwano Peace Prize.
A World Bank report offers rare good news on global poverty. But is it cause for celebration?