For decades the U.S. bishops have supported a decent minimum wage for U.S. workers in keeping with church teaching on a just wage.
Two years later the recovery continues from a devastating earthquake.
In recent years progress has been made on improving the affordability of Catholic schools by school voucher programs and tuition tax credits.
Portesting 10 years of detentions at at the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
An emergency decree came in response to four days of bombing attacks around Christmas that killed and wounded hundreds.
Women's religious orders from Indiana and Michigan are working to stop sex trafficking at this year's Super Bowl.
Leading politicians in the Netherlands have called for the resignations in the wake of a damning report on sexual abuse in the Dutch church.
In the midst of famine crises, the experiences of the hungry in Nairobi and in other urban centers in the Horn of Africa have been ignored.
Under new rules, deportation will now be reserved for undocumented felons, national security risks or repeat immigration offenders.
Rev. Tomas Gonzalez Castillo is accused of human trafficking for doing what his supporters say was nothing more than providing food and shelter to displaced Guatemalans.