On May 10 Pope Benedict XVI formalized the status of the 12th-century German mystic St. Hildegard of Bingen, “inscribing her in the catalog of saints.”

Hundreds of faith-based and grass-roots organizations are working alongside the Occupy Wall Street movement.

An American spokesperson for Al Qaeda said that because of church scandals Catholics were 'fertile ground' for conversion.

A Vatican decree on May 2 established new norms for Caritas Internationalis, giving Vatican offices greater authority over the work of the umbrella group of 162 Catholic aid agencies around the world.

Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago on April 25 presided over the burial of some of the 120 fetuses stored at a medical examiner’s office.

John Brennan’s presentation was intended to pull back the curtains on the administration’s drone policy.

The archbishop of Jos said he could not understand why the government appeared powerless to prevent deadly attacks on Christians.

The statement, Heaven and Earth Are Full of Your Glory, was issued on April 20 in anticipation of the traditional observance of Earth Day.

Bishop says allowing financial markets to regulate themselves does not serve national interests.

George Doty, a philanthropist noted for funding the repair of the dome of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, passed away in his home in Rye, N.Y., on April 24 at the age of 94.