The core of the idea is that a “healthy” secularism is one in which church and state are separate, but in which religious institutions and believers are encouraged to play important roles in public ...

Christian executives complained that mosques are being constructed in public institutions, the government is getting involved in organization of the Hajj, and official speeches are limited to Muslim ...

In line with church teachings that discourage premarital sex and birth control, many Catholic colleges restrict access to contraceptives on campus.

The responsibility for the whole episode lies squarely on the shoulders of a couple of Church leaders who lost Jesus Christ on the way,” said F. Paul Thelakat.

Pope Leo has raised “the question of how to deal with perpetrators in a manner consistent with Christian moral teaching, without playing punishment, atonement, penance, and forgiveness off against ...

The scandal involves the plunder of millions in flood control projects, taking a significant toll on the economy and exacerbating deadly floods in this disaster-prone Asian country.

Let us suppose for a moment that the prosecution in this case was led by Atticus Finch, that the witnesses were all angels, and that the evidence was untainted, unimpeachable and solid beyond any ...

In the High Priestly Prayer, the Lord is adoring the Father, accepting his will and kingdom, asking for his followers to be ...

The visit to the Vatican is also symbolic of the effort to build closer ties between the Catholic Church and the Church of ...

Leo, who is himself a canon lawyer, may have ideas of reforms for the church’s legal system, and may want to put in place ...

The Vatican appeals tribunal put an end Thursday to prosecutors’ efforts to salvage their claims of massive fraud in the Holy ...

A high-ranking priest in the Archdiocese of Toledo arrested early Monday on charges of drug possession had previously been denounced in the Vatican for the defamation of a victim of sexual abuse, but ...