In the first week of its new term, the court heard a case concerning a cross displayed on public land.

The Vatican’s foreign affairs minister has called for the establishment of a “nuclear-free zone” in the Middle East.

Days after the deposed leader of Honduras returned to his country, church leaders met with both parties involved in the political standoff.

Many people who fled the country during the war have returned, although they struggle to survive amid a shattered economy.

Pope Benedict XVI urged audiences to rediscover the spiritual and moral values that sustained their struggle for freedom from Communist rule.

Carl A. Anderson, the supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been named by Pope Benedict XVI to a council that supervises the Vatican bank.