The Group of Eight nations have pledged $20 billion to combat global hunger through greater support of agriculture

We think that a return to the country at this time could unleash a bloodbath, said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.

In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.

Catholic bishops from Spain's Basque region kept quiet about the killing of priests by right-wing forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Some U.S. bishops and Catholic university presidents are preparing for a dialogue aimed at reaching a consensus about speakers on their campuses.

A conference in New York took up a topic that has been much debated in recent years in arenas ranging from popular culture to papal addresses.