Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence against religious minorities in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, according to a new report from an Islamic research center. The study, A Question of Faith, published by the J
Pakistan's decision to shut down a federal ministry charged with safeguarding the rights of the nation's religious minorities has renewed fears that conditions for minorities will worsen.
Dozens of churches in Indonesia come under attack every year, and the country’s president is failing to take action to stop it, a Catholic activist says.
Pope Benedict XVI blamed persistent world hunger on selfish and profit-driven economic models.
The Rev. Alois Andritzki, a German priest who was killed by lethal injection at Dachau, was beatified on June 13 in a service at Dresden Cathedral.
More than 1,400 people have been killed since the regime of Bashar al-Assad began its brutal clampdown on dissent in Syria.
An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently urged the United States to maintain its role as a global leader in refugee protection.