U.S. Father Robert W. Oliver argues more must be done to address negligence.

Head of Caritas international aid network urges refugees in Jordan not to lose hope.

Jesuit journalist Father Thomas J. Reese is among several new members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.In a May 14 announcement, President Barack Obama named Father Reese to the organization that serves as a monitoring and advisory panel to the federal government on religiou

Small group of U.S. Catholic bishops and Iranian ayatollahs begin dialogue.

If individuals and nations are serious about protecting human rights and promoting peace, they must do much more to curb the global arms trade and assist immigrants, Pope Francis told seven new ambassadors to the Vatican.There are "stories that make us weep and feel ashamed: human beings -- our

Canonizing two recent popes in the presence of his immediate predecessor, Pope Francis praised the new Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II as men of courage and mercy, who responded to challenges of their time by modernizing the Catholic Church in fidelity to its ancient traditions."They were prie

Members of the official U S government delegation to the canonizations of Sts John XXIII and John Paul II spoke of the honor and their good fortune in being chosen by President Barack Obama to attend the April 27 event quot I 39 m tickled to be here quot said Rep Xavier Becerra D-Calif cha

The man who served as Blessed John Paul II's spokesman and media adviser told reporters that the late pope did not initially understand the gravity of the clerical sexual abuse crisis, but once he did he immediately took strong steps to deal with it.Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who served as papal spo

Reports that Pope Francis told an Argentine woman civilly married to a divorced man that she can receive Communion quot cannot be confirmed as reliable quot said Jesuit Father Federico the Vatican spokesman Julio Sabetta 50 wrote on his Facebook page that Pope Francis phoned his wife Jacqueli

Documents detailing a 2014 court decision ordering the deportation of a now-80-year-old former defense minister from El Salvador directly connect his leadership to human rights abuses and a reign of terror against the country's civilians including a Salvadoran archbishop and women religious duri