Catholic Relief Services posted this on its website: Catholic Relief Services’ Rick Jones, the Deputy Regional Director for Global Solidarity and Justice for Latin American and the Caribbean, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs today on the current spike of unaccompanied Central American children fleeing violence and crossing into other Central American countries and the United States, creating a refugee situation. In his testimony, Jones states: Increasing desperation has led many families, youth and children to the inevitable conclusion... Read more

Not really surprising, but a reminder of how quickly the world has changed: Want some job security in the future? Avoid any career involving paper — and that includes newspapers. A new study released Tuesday by job-search site CareerCast.com, lists the 10 top endangered jobs in the U.S. Using data on 200 jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, CareerCast projected the least promising career paths in terms of future employment growth, income potential and existing unemployment in the job... Read more

Details:  Jews, Catholics and evangelical Christians are viewed warmly by the American public. When asked to rate each group on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from 0 to 100 – where 0 reflects the coldest, most negative possible rating and 100 the warmest, most positive rating – all three groups receive an average rating of 60 or higher (63 for Jews, 62 for Catholics and 61 for evangelical Christians). And 44% of the public rates all three groups in the warmest... Read more