Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s teachings to an increasingly Godless world.

Peace talks were scheduled to begin on Oct. 5 in Norway, between the Colombian government and members of the F.A.R.C. guerrillas.

On Oct. 20 the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation will honor the American Jesuit Brian E. Daley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

Both major candidates have kept Afghanistan on the rhetorical back burner.

Responding to hurricanes “goes right to the heart of what the church does because storms don’t just destroy buildings, they...destroy families and communities.”

Caritas Spain urged the Spanish government to consider the “sinister concrete implications” of the country’s economic crisis.

In just over two decades Niger has cut its rate of infant mortality in half, highlighting the benefits of universal free health care.

The German bishops’ conference defended a decree that said Catholics who stop paying a church membership tax cannot receive sacraments.

There are few issues in the 2012 presidential campaign on which the major candidates have more clearly differentiated opinions.