Eight years ago this Friday Sept 12 Pope Benedict XVI delivered a lecture at the University of Regensburg in Bavaria in which he seemed to diagnose Islam as a religion inherently flawed by fanaticism It was an undiplomatic assertion to say the least.

Government wants religious order to comply with interim rules on contraception mandate.

Challenged by poverty, violence, social norms

Catholic left "afraid and unprotected" after Islamist militants seized Tripoli and Benghazi.

In a policy shift with enormous implications the state of California rsquo s Department of Managed Health Care has ruled that Anthem Blue Cross and Kaiser Permanente cannot offer Catholic institutions health insurance plans that ask members to pay their own premiums for abortion procedures The mov

Catholic dioceses of New York and Peoria in public dispute over Archbishop's remains.