Palestinians learn nonviolence to resist Israeli occupation.

Countries can take steps to ward off the curse, but weak governments postpone the task as easy money rolls in.

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.

Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.

The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.

Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.

Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.

The investigators are looking at contracts Cardinal Sepe made with government officials while he was head of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Gubernatorial front-runner Rodolfo Torre Cantu was gunned down along with four others 200 miles south of the Texas border.

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.