Everyone, even atheists, has human desire to know who God is, pope says

Bishop in Mali says people in hiding, afraid to enter churches after Ethnic Tuareg rebels seeking to establish a separate state overran most of northern Mali last year

Nigerian bishops caution government about religious prophesies

‘Youth-friendly’ novena part of ‘Nine Days’ event to mark Roe decision

Vatican mummy health check: It’s never too late for an endoscopy

Church supports World Leprosy Day to raise awareness and stop the stigma associated with the disease

Good, bad, news for British Christians after Euro Court discrimination cases

MASSACHUSETTS - The Family Rosary division of Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton has gathered more than 80,000 pledges from people around the globe who said they would pray the Rosary daily during the 2012-13 Year of Faith. The pledges, which came in response to a program offering free rosaries, were gathered in a book and presented recently to Pope Benedict XVI by Holy Cross Father ...

By Peter Ajayi Dada LAGOS - Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie criticised oil pipeline vandalism that led to the death of more than two dozen youths, saying if they had had jobs, their deaths might have been avoided. The Cardinal, retired Archbishop of Lagos, urged the nation’s leaders to save the country from imminent collapse. Young people, fighting over who would get to siphon crude ...

Germany's Catholic bishops criticized the country's growing arms industry and urged greater commitment to settling the world's armed conflicts. The message was included in a 24-page bishops' conference brochure for the Jan. 1 World Day of Peace. "Peace isn't just a job for politicians," said the conference president, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg. "It must shake us awake ...