A U.S. District Court Judge, William S. Duffey Jr., has ruled that two organizations affiliated with the Atlanta Archdiocese—Catholic Charities Atlanta and Catholic Education of North Georgia Inc.—cannot be forced to comply with the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.In a 91

Atlanta archbishop apologizes, responds to criticism of new $2.2 million residence

Diocesan spending on child protection programs increased by 57% in 2013.

Two Catholic leaders called on the U.S. Senate to pass the Smarter Sentencing Act, which would reform rigid sentencing policies for certain nonviolent drug offenders.Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and Fathe

With Syrians fleeing daily, UN says the opening of yet another refugee camp is imperative.

The Quran, Islam's holy book, indicates that when a Muslim is in trouble, he should go to Christians, because they are also children of God, so Imam Omar Kobine Layama fled to the house of a Catholic archbishop."His arrival was very emotional because he arrived with only one small bag in hi

Priest says they are escaping threats of arrest and property seizures after the annexation.

The British government has imposed an immediate ban on the incineration of miscarried and aborted babies after journalists found cases of hospitals burning fetuses to generate heat.Dr. Dan Poulter, parliamentary undersecretary of state for health, issued a March 24 statement that the burning of fetu

Ugandan priest witnesses great suffering among refugees fleeing the conflict.

Boston cardinal, four women, including a survivor of clerical sex abuse, among members