Western nations must resist the pressure to “scapegoat, abandon, even kill, the elderly as a cost-cutting measure,” an Australian bishop said.

As a global synod convened in October, it may be fair to ask how the "new" evangelization differs from the "old."

In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.

Why can the United States and the world community not do more to end Syria’s civil war?

People unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics.

Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s teachings to an increasingly Godless world.