Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis, said Pope Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate.

The ambiguities in a seven-year-old document from Catholic and Jewish dialogue partners are continuing to cause confusion.

Christian and Muslim leaders called two bomb blasts in Jakarta on July 17 "uncivilized acts" and urged the police to apprehend the culprits.

Pope Benedict XVI underwent a procedure under local anesthesia to repair a fractured right wrist.

The Catholic social tradition, President Obama said, still impresses me, and it can be a powerful force still in American society.

Supreme Court candidate Sonia Sotomayor took on detailed questions about court cases both famous and arcane.