The attack at the Abbey of Latroun was condemned by the U.S. State Department, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and average Israelis.

A new poll of 1,200 Catholic voters finds that Catholics respond negatively to the Romney-Ryan economic plan and believe President Obama respects people of faith.

Experts say high levels of family violence in Latin America are not surprising in a region that also has the greatest gap between rich and poor.

A spokesperson for the Egyptian bishops cautiously welcomed President Mohammed Morsi’s efforts to wrest presidential powers back from the Egyptian military.

The H.H.S. mandate violates Obama executive order as well as the Hyde Amendment, says former U.S. Rep Stupak.

While Ryan’s pro-life views have been praised by some Catholics, his budget and tax proposals have drawn criticism from others.

A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Aug. 20 that the Vatican was not the employer of a priest accused of molestation.

Investigations continue into accusations that a Pakistani Christian girl burned pages of the Quran.

The U.S. bishops called the nation’s persistently high numbers of unemployed a “moral failure” in its annual Labor Day statement.

Syria “is the ultimate test of the responsibility to protect,” says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.