A wide array of Catholics played a major role in getting the new START agreement with Russia ratified. 

"The truth about violations of international human rights and humanitarian law ... must be publicly acknowledged," the Sri Lankan bishop of Mannar told a special government commission.

Christians in the Holy Land face "two extremisms," said one observer: "the Muslim one.. and the Israeli right wing."

Christians and other minority groups have been warned to be on their guard in the wake of the killing of the governor of Punjab Province.

A new survey documents the problem of migrants being preyed up on as they travel to Mexico. Critics allege it undercounts the number of victims.

Brazil's bishops launched a campaign to aid victims of severe flooding that has left more than 500 people dead.