VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — With the jubilee year now officially ended, the pope’s travel schedule is also expected to ramp up, with one trip especially dear to …

by Kate Scanlon

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Jan. 8 to extend enhanced health care subsidies for three years by a vote of 230-196 after 17 Republicans broke with their party’s leadership to force a vote. 

by Fredrick Nzwili

Attacks and kidnappings for ransom have troubled Nigeria for several years, but incidents have spiked recently in the country’s central and western regions.