A federal judge ruled that the terms of a Department of Health and Human Services contract constituted a violation of the First Amendment’s establishment clause.

Cardinal Mahony said the United States as a nation has been sending "two clear messages at the same time: 'no trespassing' and 'help wanted.'"

Caritas Internationalis is launching an appeal for a preventive strike on hunger in West Africa’s Sahel region.

More than 40,000 people from 41 countries gathered in Anaheim, Calif., for the annual Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.

The Syrian Orthodox Church alleges that militant armed Islamists have managed to expel 90 percent of Christians from Homs.

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