An affirmation that the local bishop is the “authoritative interpreter” of the ethical and religious directives that guide Catholic health care.

Church leaders watched the unfolding political drama in Egypt with a mixture of hope for reform and concern over potential violence.

Women entering religious orders today are highly educated and active in parish ministries, according to a recent survey.

The archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria, is urging Shell Oil to act in “an environmentally sustainable way.”

Bhutan has announced that it would accept the registration of Christians for the first time.

What are the next steps for those who would like to see changes or improvements in that law?

“An unprecedented aspect of the Tunisian revolution...is the emerging of a new course of action and expression."

More than a dozen Catholic Relief Services aid workers were evacuated after receiving “indications of threats."

Samuel Ruiz García, right, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died on Jan. 24

Throughout the Arab world, long-simmering resentments and aspirations for a different political order appear to have ignited almost overnight.