The United Nations has appealed for massive financial support to serve refugees and internally displaced people.

A pastoral letter to Chinese Catholics encourages the reconciliation of "official and unofficial" segments of the church community

An decision to seize the funds of several Catholic institutions in order to force them to comply with tax regulations was quickly reversed.

Will federal health reform be like "the Massachusetts plan on steroids," as one commentator predicts, or something else entirely?

The poverty rate is much higher in Africa, where about one in four people suffers from chronic hunger.

The withdrawal of federal forces will cause panic among people, said one priest who tracks casualties among the Christian population.