Presenting the working document for the special Synod of Bishops on the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for "just and lasting solutions" to the region's conflicts.

The law marked "a needed and long awaited beginning" of bringing greater justice to all citizens," the journal said.

U.N. human rights experts call upon Honduran government to guard the safety of journalists.

Pope Benedict XVI met last month with the first ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Vatican.

Inhabitants of low-lying islands across the Pacific know climate change is very real if rising sea levels are any indication.

Is working against unions tantamount to committing mortal sin?