Just as nobody wanted to take responsibility for the fate of Jesus, the same is true today in regard to refugees.

Only 36 percent of refugee children go to secondary school.

The island nation of 3.5 million people risks a government shut down in June or July.

Mother Teresa is a modern symbol of God's mercy for the poor and discarded of this world.

The pope wants to awaken consciences to the greatest movement of people since World War II.

Pope Francis has chosen one of the Holy See's most accomplished diplomats for this important post.

Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, after four of their sisters were killed in Aden, the port city of Yemen, on March 4. Departing from his prepared text during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, he hailed these sist

Cardinal George Pell of Australia promised to work with a group of survivors of sexual abuse to help prevent suicide among victims and support healing and protection programs, even as he faced scalding criticism in Australia after days of giving testimony from Rome to an investigating commission in

The way that Pope Francis broke protocol that most people missed

“This conversation about women is not for women, it is for the church.”