Church leaders watched the unfolding political drama in Egypt with a mixture of hope for reform and concern over potential violence.

Women entering religious orders today are highly educated and active in parish ministries, according to a recent survey.

More than a dozen Catholic Relief Services aid workers were evacuated after receiving “indications of threats."

Samuel Ruiz García, right, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died on Jan. 24

Throughout the Arab world, long-simmering resentments and aspirations for a different political order appear to have ignited almost overnight.

Catholics' representation in Congress exceeds their representation in the U.S. population.