The Italian government is on high alert after threats from the Islamic State called Italy “the nation signed with the blood of the cross.”Italy is one of a handful of major Western counties that has not been victim of a large-scale terror assault since the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S.Ita

Father Alexis Prem Kumar was seized last year in western Afghanistan.

Over her 50 years in religious life, Sister Mary Ann Walsh's job titles have varied—teacher, reporter for a diocesan newspaper, Vatican correspondent and media editor at Catholic News Service, and spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops—but through it all the Sister of Mercy has been, down

An interfaith coalition on Feb. 17 announced it opposes what it called "undemocratic" actions proposed by the Obama administration regarding the much-anticipated Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and called on other people of faith to do the same.The Interfaith Working Group on Tra

Walmart made headlines on Feb 19 with a decision to increase its wages and establish more predictable work schedules for employees across the country New employees will receive a minimum wage of 9 an hour this year and 10 in 2016 In a letter to Walmart ldquo associates rdquo Walmart CEO and P

Some Mexicans used Ash Wednesday to rebuke authorities who insist that 43 students were kidnapped, killed and then had their bodies burned in a garbage dump and ashes tossed in a river.Classmates and families of the missing students reject the explanation of what happened. So on Feb. 18, in predomin