“The whole country is in shock," a spokesman for the country's bishops said.

The peace advocate Immaculée Ilibagiza became an American citizen on April 17.

"We must forgive and fight for union to prevail over division," the bishops said.

The Assumption Catholic Parish is one of the largest church communities in West, Tex.

Christians escaping the two-year civil war in Syria will soon have their own humanitarian aid camp, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey reported. The separate camp for Christians is being built near Mor Abraham Syriac Monastery near the Turkish town of Midyat, about 30 miles f

It is not just undocumented immigrants themselves who support reform.

A gang truce has led to a significant drop in El Salvador’s homicide rate.

A new committee will advise Pope Francis on "the government of the universal church."

In an letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on April 11, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, urged the Obama administration to expedite a review of U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, so the president can sign it in ear

Pope Francis said he wanted "to act decisively concerning cases of sexual abuse."