The second Synod of Bishops for Africa will spotlight the “forgotten wars” that are no longer on the media radar but cause daily suffering.

Christian girls in the Gaza Strip are under pressure to wear Islamic dress in public schools.

Pope Benedict XVI said that he was deeply saddened to hear of the roadside bombing that killed 10 Afghan civilians and six Italian soldiers.

The Vatican has approved a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults clarifying teaching about God’s covenant with the Jewish people.

“Climate change is another situation where the poor of the world are being made to suffe because of the habits of the first world,” said Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Scotland.

Catholics in North Africa say that the Vatican does not seem to recognize that they face different challenges than sub-Saharan Africa.