Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.

Immigration is an ancient and contemporary reality; human beings have always sought better conditions for their lives.

The New York archdiocese's program lets people take claims to a noted outside mediator while keeping painful details private.

"Despite all divergences, we believe a political compromise is still possible," the bishops said in a Dec. 2 statement.

The dignity of human life, the common good and solidarity are "more than mere words and phrases," said the Catholic bishops of Washington state in a joint pastoral letter

The United Nations is preparing to embark on talks to ban nuclear weapons.Negotiations are set to begin in March and are expected to take an indefinite time to complete.The end result is uncertain, but the 123 nations that voted on Oct. 27 for a resolution within the U.N. General Assembly committee