Pope Francis asked God's forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious.

Msgr. John E. Kozar, secretary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, said the agency maintains a low profile because it works through and with the local church.

Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations across the world, in places that are the least able to adapt.

As civil strife threatens greater disorder, a famine looms in South Sudan; Pope Francis urges intervention.

The four “S’s” call us to be worthy of the privilege of serving the brothers and sisters God entrusts to our care.

Apartheid-era mental health care facilities were not great. But at least they weren't lethal.