Conditions deteriorate for Christians in Syria—and for everyone else—as fighting and bloodshed grow wider.

Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of more than 50 people in north-central Nigeria 

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and therapy and insisted this begin by giving antiretroviral drugs to H.I.V.-positive pregnant women.

In Belfast on June 27, Queen Elizabeth of Britain shook hands with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander.

The state of human rights in China came under scrutiny after photos of a victim of forced abortion went viral.

The Philippines Ecumenical Bishops Forum criticized the possibility of more American troops arriving in the Philippines as a threat to the nation’s independence.