Catholic health care advocates will be carefully reviewing the pope's remarks to decide what the practical implications are.

The pope called access to adequate medical attention one of the “inalienable rights” of man

The Nobel Peace Prize-winner met thousands of supporters outside her home and repeated her message of democratic freedoms for Burma.

Asia Bibi became the first Christian woman ever condemned to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.

The victory was the first time in decades that a sitting vice president on the ballot did not win the election for president.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told Irish Catholics he came “to listen to your pain, your anger, but also your hopes and aspirations.”

A new report from the Truth Commission on Conscience in War calls for the U.S. military to allow for “selective conscientious objection.”

The suicide of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi highlighted the possible role of religious groups in instilling negative views about homosexuals.

Later this month a parish in western Poland will dedicate what it says is the world’s largest statue of Christ.

“It is an extremely painful experience not only for the Christians of Iraq, but for all Iraqis,” the ambassador said.