"The fact is that Sunday can be seen as a watershed moment, which frightens the government [and] pressures Congress."

"A new and disturbing pattern of violations against children's rights has emerged in the conflict" as youngsters have been killed and maimed, boys under age 15 have been forced into active combat, while still others have been exposed to siege and starvation.

“Our nation seems to have lost a sense of the importance of cultivating friendships as fellow citizens who, being equal, share much in common,” Archbishop Blase Cupich said in a homily on March 12 at Old St. Patrick’s Church.

Report notes "reasonable grounds" to consider that crimes against humanity had been committed

An international charity has urged better protection for Christian refugees in Germany after church officials said many face abuse in Muslim-dominated camps and reception centers."We've heard much about the nasty treatment of Christians, and we're compiling a report to push politicians

Five years on, the most heavily damaged communities have yet to be rebuilt. About 180,000 people are still displaced, including those reluctant to return to homes in Fukushima.