Reality intruded darkly on a symposium on religious liberty in Washington when news alerts reported the killing of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

The Missouri Legislature voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill meant to prevent employers or health insurance providers from being compelled to provide coverage for contraception, abortion or sterilization.

It is an ongoing criticism this election season that the problem of poverty in the United States is not being addressed by either campaign.

In an effort to comply more fully with international standards against financial criminal activity, the Vatican has hired an outside expert.

Is there room to make a dent in the Democratic Party’s staunch support for abortion rights?

The U.S. Catholic bishops’ point man on sexual abuse said the situation is comparable to the Reformation, when “the episcopacy, the regular clergy, even the papacy were discredited.”