L'Osservatore Romano hailed the new U.S.-Russia disarmament treaty on April 7 as a "significant and courageous step toward international security"

Vatican authorities emphasized that it was the pope who, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pushed for harsher measures against abusers.

Vulnerable populations affected by wars and internal conflicts were among the major concerns highlighted in the report.

More than 26 groups say their calls for a new model of development in Haiti are being ignored.

The Vatican nuncio to the United Nations said that cold war conditions that encouraged the church’s “limited toleration of nuclear deterrence” no longer exist.

More than 200,000 people gathered for the March for America in Washington, D.C., in support of comprehensive immigration reform.