Following the bloodshed, the country's Catholic bishops attempted to dialogue with the government.

The Trump administration has reversed a 40-year U.S. policy critical of Israeli settlements on the West Bank, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., raising the obstacles to Palestinians ever achieving a homeland.

The basis of the index's measurement is the United Nations' Human Development Report

Taken as a whole, the documents give the most significant description yet of how the mass detention camps work in the words of the Chinese government itself.

Montse Alvarado, CEO of the Washington-based Becket Fund, said she was not surprised by the overall results.

The state where a grand jury’s groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more time to sue and police more time to file charges.