St. Gregory came from a line of scholars and churchmen.

Father Alexis Prem Kumar was seized last year in western Afghanistan.

Walmart made headlines on Feb 19 with a decision to increase its wages and establish more predictable work schedules for employees across the country New employees will receive a minimum wage of 9 an hour this year and 10 in 2016 In a letter to Walmart ldquo associates rdquo Walmart CEO and P

Another migrant disaster on the Mediterranean Sea captured Pope Francis rsquo attention this week Hearing reports on Feb 9 that 29 migrants had died of hypothermia during his general audience on Feb 11 Pope Francis once again urged solidarity with migrants who risk their lives crossing from Nor

A recent International Monetary Fund initiative should ease the economic emergency in West African states most affected by the Ebola epidemic, but it will also serve as a template for responding to similar crises in the future, said Eric LeCompte, executive director of the Washington-based Jubilee U

Pope Francis made a cybersplash with his recent participation at a Google hangout where he live-chatted with young people from around the world In December he reached out directly to a different group of young people in Arizona volunteers for the Jesuit-sponsored Kino Border Initiative The group

In a brief statement today Pope Francis set Archbishop Oscar Romero on a course to canonization by confirming his death as a martydomAccording to the Vatican release quot Promulgation of Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints quot Today the Holy Father Francis received in privat

The Archdiocese of St. Paul - Minneapolis on Jan.16 became the 12th U.S. Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy protection—and the second largest ever to do so (after San Diego)—because of the increasingly unmanageable costs of settlements and future claims that have resulted from sexua

While Western media has been transfixed by the attacks and hostage taking conducted by Islamic extremists in Paris in Nigeria 39 s northern Borno state another Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has been conducting an unprecedented rampage this week that may have claimed as many as 2 000 lives

How to respond to the Charlie Hebdo massacre