A Vatican official urged all involved in the global economy to work for the common good and the protection of the most vulnerable.

The bishops called for government action in the wake of the slaying of 27 workers on a farm owned by an alleged drug kingpin.

The Rockford Diocese shuts down its services after a new Illinois law requires placement with same-sex or cohabitating couples.

The U.S. bishops' spring general assembly consider of a new document on physician-assisted suicide.

While the Palestinians welcomed the president’s proposal, they doubted that Israel would easily back away from Palestinian territory.

Five patients and one visitor at St. John’s Regional Medical Center lost their lives in the twister.