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

It was “a very bitter truth” that “democratization of the Middle East does not bring relief to the people who live there.”

On May 10 Pope Benedict XVI formalized the status of the 12th-century German mystic St. Hildegard of Bingen, “inscribing her in the catalog of saints.”

John Brennan’s presentation was intended to pull back the curtains on the administration’s drone policy.

The archbishop of Jos said he could not understand why the government appeared powerless to prevent deadly attacks on Christians.

Hundreds of faith-based and grass-roots organizations are working alongside the Occupy Wall Street movement.