The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on April 3 to approve a historic treaty.

Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they do not want wisdom from the Bible.

Catholic greens had reason to sound exclamations of joy during the inaugural papal Mass.

The U.S. bishops called the proposed health regulations an "unjust and unlawful mandate."

For the good of all people, the care of the poor and the future of the earth, religions must cooperate in reminding modern men and women that God exists and has a plan for their lives and their behavior, Pope Francis said. “The Catholic Church knows the importance of promoting friendship and r

Pope Francis “had nothing to do with the dictatorship,” preferring “a silent diplomacy” during Argentina’s so-called Dirty War, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel of Argentina reported after a private meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on March