Ill health and sexual harassment charges against him appear to be behind his resignation.

Cardinal says critics of pope's words on economic injustice fail to "understand reality."

Negotiators in Ethiopia reach plan to end violence and release detainees.

Despite single-digit temperatures, thousands descended on Washington on Jan. 22 to declare their opposition to abortion. Most of the red noses and chapped lips belonged to faces under 25. "We are the pro-life generation," read signs carried by the marchers.March for Life President Jeanne M

For Syria, dialogue is the only way forward, said Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi today. Tomasi is head of the Holy See delegation at the international conference on Syria in Montreux, Switzerland. “Confronted with the indescribable suffering of the Syrian people," he said, "a sens

Syrians hold out little hope for peace, Christians in the region pray for unity