Pope Benedict XVI criticized Catholics who participate in the illegal drug trade or who ignore their moral responsibilities to seek social justice.

A little-publicized policy directive is getting a closer look from advocates of religious freedom and promoters of conscience protections.

All Christian churches on the Arabian Peninsula should be destroyed, said the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.

On March 20 the Vatican released a summary of the findings and recommendations of its offical visitation to Ireland.

Three people were killed as thousands packed St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, to pay their respects to Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

A new Vatican document presents a forward-looking view on the role of theology in the life of the church.