A young woman in her flimsy medical gown

If the proposed document is approved, any baptisms performed in either Catholic or Presbyterian churches after that would be mutually recognized.

Reading speeches has been the main activity at Roman Curia assemblies for as long as anyone can remember.

In "The Pitmen Painters" a group of men take up a cultural pursuit uncommon to their class.

The archbishop said ordaining married men is the most naturally pastoral response to every Catholic’s need for regular access to the sacraments.

Later this month a parish in western Poland will dedicate what it says is the world’s largest statue of Christ.

How is it that Fernando Botero has produced a major commentary on Abu Ghraib, while U.S. artists have remained largely silent?

“It is an extremely painful experience not only for the Christians of Iraq, but for all Iraqis,” the ambassador said.