While the Palestinians welcomed the president’s proposal, they doubted that Israel would easily back away from Palestinian territory.

Five patients and one visitor at St. John’s Regional Medical Center lost their lives in the twister.

An expert says media distorts John Jay's report as using the "blame Woodstock" explanation for priests' abuse of children.

Reports on the status of U.S.-based religious congregations of women will be sent to the Vatican by the end of the year by the apostolic visitator's study of American religious life.

 “They have become even stronger, even after the death of Bin Laden," said the outgoing head of Caritas Asia.

On May 25 Australian church leaders joined the global push for the canonization of the U.S. archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.