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ROME (RNS) A United Nations panel blasted the Vatican for the second time this year for failing to respond adequately to the child sexual abuse scandals that have swept the Catholic Church, but stopped short of saying the Holy See had violated U.N. treaty obligations on torture.The report

U.S. Father Robert W. Oliver argues more must be done to address negligence.

One of the nation’s leading — and official — champions of religious freedom implored the Obama administration to add Pakistan and Syria to the list of nations that most egregiously violate religious rights.Before a congressional subcommittee on May 22 Robert P. George, chairman of

The Cardinal denies wrongdoing: “I don’t understand these attacks.”

Head of Caritas international aid network urges refugees in Jordan not to lose hope.

Tel Aviv Catholic church serves growing migrant community in Israel.

The Vatican's financial watchdog has reported a dramatic increase in suspicious transactions at the Vatican bank, but officials sought to downplay any rise in criminal activity.The Vatican's Financial Information Authority, known as the AIF, recorded a "notable" rise in shady trans

Jesuit journalist Father Thomas J. Reese is among several new members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.In a May 14 announcement, President Barack Obama named Father Reese to the organization that serves as a monitoring and advisory panel to the federal government on religiou

Vatican says no movement (yet) on sainthood for Oscar Romero.

Small group of U.S. Catholic bishops and Iranian ayatollahs begin dialogue.