The rain is falling softly in the evening December chill in Vienna but that has done little to deter the tourists crowding the city rsquo s Christmas markets The historic city center is awash on Dec 6 with Christmas lights and decorations and young and old are out each evening making merry and

President Obama’s plan to essentially freeze most deportations of people without documentation in the United States would protect as many as 4.4 million people and their families. “Mass amnesty would be unfair,” the president said in a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 20. &ld

The night of the Ferguson grand jury announcement was disheartening all around.

'Loneliness' one of the most common diseases in Europe today

Police officer Darren Wilson faces no charges for shooting death of teenager Michael Brown.

The president 39 s proposals on immigration are sure to draw critics who will argue that the Obama administration goes too far But Bill O rsquo Keefe nbsp Vice President of Advocacy and Government Relations for Catholic Relief Services only wishes the administration would go a little further on

President Obama rsquo s plan to essentially freeze most deportations for people who are resident and working in the United States would protect as many as 4 4 million people and their families Nearly two million others are already shielded from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arriv

It has been mocked by David Letterman and Steven Colbert. On Twitter, the comedian Louis C. K. complains that his kids used to love math, but now “it makes them cry.” Tea Party conservatives have pummeled it as another menacing tentacle of a vast left-wing conspiracy to “big-brothe

Possibility of families returning to there villages seems more and more remote.

Aging punk-rock fans are there any other kind will be pleased to learn that the irrepressible quot Godmother of Punk quot do we really call her that Patti Smith has been invited by Pope Francis to perform at the Vatican 39 s annual Christmas concert Patti will be among 17 other acts due to