The pope made his strongest remarks to date on sexual abuse cases at a press conference on May 11 during his flight to Portugal.

A new poll shows that U.S. Catholics’ approval of Pope Benedict XVI’s job performance dropped a “dramatic” 15 points over the past two years.

If even moderate effects from climate change occur as predicted, millions of people will be uprooted in the near future.

The outgoing superintendent in the archdiocese of Washington said vigorous support for Catholic education is lacking from both parents and pastors.

The investors have introduced shareholder resolutions that call upon the banks to act more openly in the trading of financial products known as derivatives.

The church’s unwillingness to begin “a painful process of renewal” in the wake of the abuse scandal has left Diarmuid Martin “disheartened and discouraged.”