As the Roman Catholic Church begins, at this writing, a conclave to elect a new pope, Catholics in the United States tend to view the scandal over sexual abuse by members of the clergy as the most important problem facing their church today. According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Pew Rese

The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine will meet with the nation’s theological societies on March 16 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. • Three Republican House members on March 5 introduced a bill to protect the conscience rights of health care workers and e

The passing of Chávez unleashed an epic outpouring of grief among his supporters.

Some buildings on the campus of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa., will close.

Car bombings and sectarian tension generated a sense of renewed crisis in Iraq during February.

The Indonesian government is failing to protect the country’s religious minorities from growing intolerance and violence, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. The report documents government failure to confront militant groups, whose harassment and assaults on houses of worship and me