Today is the global celebration of the United Nation 39 s International Day of the Girl Child nbsp Rev Richard Ryscavage S J director of Fairfield University rsquo s Center for Faith and Public Life applauded the U N initiative which focuses on the pivotal need to educate girls as ldquo a

The percentage of multicultural parishes in the U S is on the increase according to new research from the Georgetown University-based Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate C A R A C A R A estimates there are approximately 6 700 multicultural parishes in the United States many located

Global wealth has reached a new all-time high of $241 trillion, up 4.9 percent since last year and 68 percent since 2003, with the United States accounting for 72 percent of the latest increase. That’s the account of earthly wealth taken in the 2013 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report. Average

A new report from the World Bank urges greater access for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories to land in Area C More than half the land in the West Bank much of it agricultural and resource rich is inaccessible to Palestinians The first comprehensive study of the potential impact of this q

Pope Francis is continuing his informal outreach to gay and lesbian Catholics hat tip Daily Dish and despite his apparent comfort with modern social media and its dizzying gadgetry he is apparently still happy to make use of old-school communication tools Pope Francis turned to pen and paper

The fiscal hostage crisis in Washington enters its second week as Speaker Boehner insists he will continue government shutdown unless he receives concessions on the Affordable Care Act which is having gridlock troubles of its own unrelated to political snarls Ailing U S cities seek reboot powered

More refugee deaths on the sea near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa has brought international focus to an ongoing tragedy—an unknowable loss of life as thousands of refugees and migrants each year seek to escape to Europe from North Africa in sometimes overloaded or ramshackle watercr

Nearly 70 percent of American Catholics agree with Pope Francis 39 recent observation that the church has become too focused on issues such as homosexuality abortion and contraceptives That 39 s the finding of a Quinnipiac University national poll released this morning The survey found little

The U.N. 68th General Assembly ended on Sept. 30 in New York with some notable successes.

The special Council of Cardinals begins meeting this week in Rome After another bombing Peshawar Christians caught in the middle Pope Francis at Assisi we must never resign ourselves to the pain caused by war Confustion over Obamacare but support for expanded Medicaid As the shutdown nears the fi