Peace is not simply a gift to be received from God, the pope said; it is a task people of good will must undertake.

Christians represent nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion 2010 global population.

Sculptures and statues of the priest and scientist Matteo Ricci, S.J., are appearing throughout China.

The new secretary general of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, said “I see my appointment as recognition from the bishops of the work that women are doing in this part of the world.”

“We open our arms and hearts to you, and we receive you as members of our Catholic family," read a letter from U.S. Hispanic bishops.

A spontaneous decision to join the Peace Corps led Ken Hackett to the career from which he's retiring in January, running Catholic Relief Services.

Fifteen percent of all Americans, including nearly 1 out of 4 children, live in poverty.

The head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development praises a new federal rule to cut down on the amount of toxins emitted from coal- and oil-fired plants.

The proposed law strives to provide justice for victims of religious violence and and hold law enforcement officials accountable for not stopping the violence.

Church agencies teamed with international aid groups and the Philippine government to assist tens of thousands of people left homeless.