In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the US Conference of ...

The Holy See established diplomatic relations with the UN in 1957, representing the Vatican City State as well as the supreme ...

Jackie Chen, 48, belonged to a group of social workers who tried to mediate between protesters and riot police during tense ...

Sometimes, the pope wrote, "what we think are riches are instead only burdens that are holding us back. The hope is that this ...

A US academic charged with breaking Thailand's strict royal defamation laws was granted bail on April 9, his lawyers said, ...

The authorities in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China’s northwestern Qinghai province summoned the abbot and seven monks from Longen Monastery to sign a document stating that their abbot, ...

In Myanmar, although the junta called for international aid immediately following the earthquake, in reality, it has ...

The ruling establishes that both parents must consent before a minor child can be converted to another religion ...

A group of Catholics has expressed dismay over Indian bishops supporting changes to a law governing properties dedicated to ...

The textbooks send a subtle message to minority children that they are outsiders in their own country, said a parent ...

Indian media reported several cases of rape, murder, and suicides of nuns in recent years, prompting Church to discuss the ...

Father Arul Valan, a Salesian priest who led a movement for the rights of a Dalit or former untouchable community in the ...