Jacques Berthieu, a French Jesuit (1838–96) and missionary in Madagascar, was canonized in Rome on Oct. 21 together with six other blessed.

Some of Egypt’s Christians are concerned about Islamists in power, but there is greater freedom of speech than before the revolution.

Western nations must resist the pressure to “scapegoat, abandon, even kill, the elderly as a cost-cutting measure,” an Australian bishop said.

As a global synod convened in October, it may be fair to ask how the "new" evangelization differs from the "old."

In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.

Why can the United States and the world community not do more to end Syria’s civil war?