In just over two decades Niger has cut its rate of infant mortality in half, highlighting the benefits of universal free health care.

Peace talks were scheduled to begin on Oct. 5 in Norway, between the Colombian government and members of the F.A.R.C. guerrillas.

On Oct. 20 the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation will honor the American Jesuit Brian E. Daley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

The 2012 Farm Bill became a casualty of this election season’s often rancorous budget debate.

In a speech to the UN, President Obama argued that in protecting free speech, even blasphemy must be tolerated.

The German bishops’ conference defended a decree that said Catholics who stop paying a church membership tax cannot receive sacraments.