Five texts being prepared for use in English-speaking countries failed to get the necessary two-thirds votes of the Latin-rite U.S. bishops.
The Vaticans spokesman, Federico Lombardi, S.J., said that the speech on June 4 brought an element of hope to the world.
Will federal health reform be like "the Massachusetts plan on steroids," as one commentator predicts, or something else entirely?
Vatican officials met with the foreign minister to discuss ideas that came out of the Saudi-sponsored World Conference of Dialogue in Spain.
The poverty rate is much higher in Africa, where about one in four people suffers from chronic hunger.
A British court ruled on June 1 that the social services agency of the Catholic Diocese of Leeds, England, could not continue as an adoption agency unless it assessed same-sex couples as potential adopters and foster parents. • Even with a proposed amendment to include public institutions, a Ne
The withdrawal of federal forces will cause panic among people, said one priest who tracks casualties among the Christian population.