Word of homeless people being turned away from shelters during the cold snap did reach Toronto’s ombudsman office, and an investigation into shelter space and access to it has been initiated.

The stresses of the job hit rural priests particularly hard.

Puerto Rico was home to widespread poverty and on the verge of bankruptcy. And that was before Hurricane Maria.

U.S. agriculture is facing a silent crisis.

As Pope Francis writes in “Laudato Si’,” we face “one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.”

The United States is thwarting the advancement of millions of its citizens, a UN rapporteur says.