Edward Schillebeeckx served as theological adviser to the Dutch bishops during the Second Vatican Council.

Thirty faith-based institutional investors are using their shareholder clout to urge 21 health companies to disclose the compensation packages for their top executives.

Christians conducted a vigil service in Bhopal, India, to remember victims and survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide chemical disaster.

Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood causes of Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius XII, declaring that both had lived lives of "heroic virtues."

This year’s Vatican Christmas tree is from the Wallonia region of Belgium.

Negotiators from small nations were outraged when an agreement was leaked that included generous emissions for industrialized nations.