Violent protests by South Africans demanding better living conditions are a warning to the authorities, church leaders said.

Faith communities stood with working people and civil rights during the commemoration of the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“A sin against the patrimony of the human race,” is how Robert Taft, S.J., described the condition of a collection of Eastern Christian manuscripts.

The ouster of Muammar el-Qaddafi appears to have become the accepted outcome of the international campaign in Libya.

Catholic Relief Services is resuming operations in western Darfur more than two months after evacuating its staff.

"There is no more important issue that will define the U.S.-Mexico future relationship than getting immigration reform right,” said Mexico’s ambassador.