A woman religious and two Catholic peace activists were sentenced to prison for several years for breaking into a Tennessee nuclear weapons facility and defacing its walls in July 2012.Sister Megan Rice, 84, of Washington, a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, was sentenced on Feb. 18 to

Violent confrontations between protesters and police left more than two dozen people dead.

Reforms are aimed at forcing millions of people capable of work off unemployment benefits.

Law requires children to be "conscious of their decision" after "repeated requests to die."

A U.N. committee insists that the Vatican publish detailed statistics on clerical sexual abuse.

Christians in Egypt and Syria threatened by civil unrest and extremist violence.

Study aimed explain sharp decline in the number of religious women in the United States.

Bishop oppose extension of security barrier that would cut through Palestinian-owned land.

Faith-based organizations encouraged by President Obama's focus on poverty and immigration.

Catholic priest who fled the recent fighting remains hopeful that a cease-fire will hold.