A new law will formalize the military's role in fighting organized crime, but many would prefer strengthening Mexico’s poorly trained and underpaid police forces.

Although Mr. Ramaphosa is a relatively acceptable leader of the A.N.C. in the eyes of some opposition parties, his economic stance will put him in tension with the populist left Economic Freedom Fighters and many trade unions.

As Pope Francis writes in “Laudato Si’,” we face “one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.”

The United States is thwarting the advancement of millions of its citizens, a UN rapporteur says.

More than 22,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children are already subject to deportation, and Congress seems no closer to finding a solution.

Four presidents of Catholic colleges received compensation packages each worth more than one million dollars in 2015.