Just three weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads among Catholic voters in the United States.

President Buhari’s push to corporatize religious houses is causing tension with religious leaders who accuse him of bias against Christians.

The Society of Jesus and the local church in Ranchi, India are calling for the immediate release of Stan Swamy, S.J.

In a press statement released on Oct. 8, the diocese said that the decision to restrict attendance at Mass to as few as 10 people in the worst-affected zip codes is a violation of the First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion.

Sister Platte would be overjoyed to see just war theory challenged and nuclear weapons condemned at the level of a papal encyclical, a moral vision she championed for over 40 years.

New social actors, especially evangelical Protestant groups and right-wing movements, have joined the debate on the liberalization of abortion law.