A new UN study sponsored lends credibility to faith leaders who have long argued that behavioral change is key to combating the spread of AIDS.

The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.

Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.

Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.

Countries can take steps to ward off the curse, but weak governments postpone the task as easy money rolls in.

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.

Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.

The coast of Louisiana is off limits to its own residents, and their livelihoods and quality of life are suffering.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said that requiring personnel in military hospitals to perform abortions would place "a very heavy burden" on those who value human life.

Women refugees are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses in cases where they have been forced to leave their homes.