The ongoing drought and famine afflicting Somalia and other East African nations is "a humanitarian crisis that cries out for help to Christians throughout the world."

The Rev. Antonio Mora ministers to a town under siege, where masked men guard checkpoints and roads are blocked by burnt cars.

According to a new U.N. report, Palestinian families within the Israeli-administered Area C on the West Bank are being driven from their homes.

Christian organizations raise their voices on the best way to protect the poor and refuce the national debt.

Violence, poverty, unemployment, hunger and precarious living conditions continue to make life difficult for Salvadorans nearly 20 years after the 1992 end of the 12-year civil war.

“As it stands, the language is not broad enough to protect our Catholic health providers,” the Catholic Health Association complained in a statement.