“John Paul II is blessed because of his faith—a strong, generous and apostolic faith,” Pope Benedict said on May 1.

Spring storms of historic intensity ravaged communities broadly throughout the South creating destruction in “unheard of proportions.”

Mexico confronted the horror of another mass slaying in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.

Controversy has been brewing since a critique was released of the book Quest for the Living God, by Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

U.S. Catholic bishops join coalition of U.S. Christian leaders in an effort to protect social service, health and poverty-mitigation programs.

The OECD reports that the share of children living in poor households has reached 12.7 percent among its member states.