Rio Summit looks at environmental goals from 20 year distance.

The U.S. bishops joined with other national organizations in amassing more than 50,000 signatures on a petition asking for a change in U.S. nuclear arms policy.

Members of theShalom community came to the Vatican on May 16 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their founding.

A bill that would have prohibited abortions motivated by the gender of the unborn child failed to gain a needed two-thirds majority.

The figure was below the number of 62 million reported in 2000, but the difference is due to a change in the way data was collected.

Speakers at a conference in Dublin called on the hierarchy to open structures of dialogue with lay Catholics about the future of the church.