People unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics.
Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s teachings to an increasingly Godless world.
Radical Islamists who seized northern Mali earlier this year are imposing an extremist version of Shariah law.
Caritas Spain urged the Spanish government to consider the “sinister concrete implications” of the country’s economic crisis.