The Catholic Church seemed to throw its support behind what is, in Europe at least, an accelerating movement toward the abolition of nuclear weapons during the first day, Dec. 8, of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons.In a message to the conference participants from P

Author Eric Schlosser spent six years researching the safety record of the keepers of America rsquo s diminished but still vast nuclear arsenal The most shocking thing he rsquo s learned ldquo That the difference between safety and catastrophe in the United States has come down to a single switch

Speaking at a conference on the potential and current humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons a two-day event which drew the participation of 150 nations and media from around the world but which has been largely ignored in the United States a representative of the Holy See questioned the persisten

Archbishop Silvio Tomasi nbsp Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva nbsp speaking as a representative of The Holy See issued the following statement today Dec 9 during nbsp the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact

The Catholic Church seemed to throw its support behind what is in Europe at least an accelerating movement demanding the abolition of nuclear weapons during the first day of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons on Dec 8 In a message to the conference participants fr

The rain is falling softly in the evening December chill in Vienna but that has done little to deter the tourists crowding the city rsquo s Christmas markets The historic city center is awash on Dec 6 with Christmas lights and decorations and young and old are out each evening making merry and

President Obama’s plan to essentially freeze most deportations of people without documentation in the United States would protect as many as 4.4 million people and their families. “Mass amnesty would be unfair,” the president said in a televised speech to the nation on Nov. 20. &ld

The night of the Ferguson grand jury announcement was disheartening all around.

'Loneliness' one of the most common diseases in Europe today

Police officer Darren Wilson faces no charges for shooting death of teenager Michael Brown.