Instead of quelling the violence in the border community in Mexico, the posting of troops and federal police officers has only accelerated the bloodletting.

Joseph Ngo Quang Kiet left his post amid rumors that the Vietnamese government had told the Vatican the archbishop must go.

One bishop believes New Hampshire flirts with great moral peril in retaining the death penality.

Marquette University on May 6 rescinded a job offer to a Seattle professor who is openly gay, a decision that has been criticized by some faculty members and students.

If even moderate effects from climate change occur as predicted, millions of people will be uprooted in the near future.

The outgoing superintendent in the archdiocese of Washington said vigorous support for Catholic education is lacking from both parents and pastors.