The annual meeting in Davos brought together people representing business, government, academia and media to discuss the theme, "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World."

The stresses of the job hit rural priests particularly hard.

In the fall, the first gay weddings were conducted in Germany, following a June 30 vote by the parliament to allow full same-sex marriage.

Brexit supporters are proclaiming the return to the blue passport design a major victory.

Just before Christmas, the announcement came that religious output on the BBC is to increase, not vanish, in 2018.

U.K. Catholic leaders urged the British government to accept more child refugees from northern France after reports that hundreds of young people are being forced to sleep outdoors in low temperatures.