The Notre Dame president called President Obama's upcoming visit "a basis for further positive engagement.

In a major address in Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz assessed the progress of Jewish-Catholic relations in Poland over the last half-century.

The Diocese of Meru has developed a ritual called An Alternative Rite of Passage, which formally marks a girls passage into adolescence.

While thirteen Israelis died during the conflict, at least 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, perished.

The Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.

Mary Ann Glendon (left), former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal on May 17.