The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...

Victim support groups and traditionalists have expressed outrage over the case of Dominique Spina, who was found guilty of ...

Last summer, leaders representing 11 global religions, from eastern faiths including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and ...

The announcement followed the IRS’s decision to give churches a carve-out from nonprofit law and allow them to support ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Cuts, austerity, and spending reviews are terms that have now become part of the near projections of the German Catholic ...

The parish will celebrate its 80th anniversary and the 25th for its building on Aug. 9 with a Mass followed by social ...

The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. said he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S.

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...

A decision to close a Manitowoc church has been upheld by the Catholic Church’s Supreme Court, the Green Bay Diocese announced Saturday.

A Ruskin pastor says ICE raids are hitting close to home for some Hispanic parishioners. He says some are even scared to go the church. The Diocese is now training clergy on how to respond.

A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new ...