Congress must find ways to continue unemployment compensation to protect jobless workers and their families, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.

The administration it exploribng the wording of a religious exemption to a mandate that future health plans must cover contraceptives and sterilizations.

November unemployment numbers released on Dec. 2 indicated a decrease in joblessness from 9 percent to 8.6 percent.

Bevilacqua’s longtime secretary for clergy, Msgr. William Lynn, right, is charged with felony child endangerment and conspiracy.

Oregon’s Gov. John Kitzhaber pledged to maintain a moratorium on the death penalty for the rest of his term.

Sixty-six percent of Catholic Charities agencies saw an increase in requests for assistance from families with children.