Graffiti was scrawled in Hebrew on a wall and a car was burned in the Palestinian town of Taybeh

Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed.

Dialogue in politics is increasingly rare and needed more than ever.

Pope Francis has given a relic of Jesus' crib to the custody of the Franciscans in the Holy Land, who oversee the churches associated with Jesus' life, death and resurrection.

Since the protests began Oct. 1, an estimated 400 demonstrators have been killed.

In what other country could the son of a saloonkeeper, one of 12 children in a two-bedroom house, rise to become the speaker of the national assembly? That is John Boehner’s story.