"This growth is a blessing, but also it comes with a lot of challenges," says Gustavo Valdez.

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, came to Des Moines, Iowa, to receive the World Food Prize on Oct. 16. The cardinal urged groups on both sides of the divide on bio-engineered and genetically modified food to engage in conversation and dialog

The Vatican reaffirmed teaching barring such persons from Communion without an annulment.

Human Rights Watch flatly denounced the drone campaign in Yemen.

Perhaps the fastest growing “religious” demographic among Hispanics is the unaffiliated.

The persecution of Christians around the world has intensified over the last two-and-a-half years, according to a review of religious freedom in 30 countries by the United Kingdom branch of the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need. Christians also are persecuted by religious nationalists in so