Doctors who refuse to prescribe birth control pills have become the focus of a debate over physicians' rights to freedom of conscience and religion when practicing medicine.An Alberta doctor faces a human rights complaint for posting a notice at the clinic where she works that she will not presc

Papal astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno wins Carl Sagan Medal for "outstanding communication."

Church leaders report mistreatment of minorities in areas controlled by Islamist militants.

The Vatican's secretary of state pledged full support for addressing the issue of child migrants streaming out Central America in search of safety and family reunification in the United States.Pope Francis, meanwhile, described the situation a "humanitarian emergency" and called for th

The Vatican said the latest published interview with Pope Francis, in which he says fighting sex abuse and the mafia will be priorities of his pontificate, should not be considered a record of his exact words.According to the article, published on July 13 in the Rome daily La Repubblica, the pope al

Decision may distance even further possibility of visible unity with the Catholic Church.