A groundbreaking survey of “religious activists” has found that activists on both ends of the political spectrum are deeply religious.

Bishop Luis Santos Villeda said that dialogue is important to avoid the possibility of civil war.

The bishops of Nigeria blame government inaction for the death of more than 2,000 people during a recent uprising by an extremist Islamic group.

On the eve of the opening of the 64th General Assembly, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan said the U.N. should embrace the notion of “the human person as the heart of all institutions."

Nearly two years after a controversial presidential election prompted widespread violence, Kenya remains a country on the brink of crisis.

The official lamented that producing urgently needed medicines is no longer driven by traditional medical ethics, but by money.