David Cameronof Britain last month called the Act of Settlement, which bars from the throne members of the royal family who are married to Catholics, a “historical anomaly.”

The new document on the economy was welcomed by many Catholic progressives as timely and dismissed by Catholic conservatives as misinformed.

Is Burma beginning to emerge from the political darkness of its recent past?

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life.

The government stands accused of nullifying nearly 1,600 birth certificates belonging to residents of Haitian descent.

An activist on behalf of indigenous communities on Mindanao in the Philippines, the Rev.Fausto Tentorio, 59, was killed by gunfire on Oct. 17.

Ask the Rev. Laurence Tracy about poverty in his mostly Hispanic neighborhood and he starts talking about funerals.

The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.

With the violence across North Africa and the Arab world, hundreds of  lone boys from the Middle East are making their way across Europe.

Francesco Zanardi arrived at the Vatican on Oct. 10 after walking almost 350 miles to deliver a letter to Pope Benedict XVI asking him to meet Italian victims of clerical abuse.