Signs Of the Times

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended that Venezuela and Cuba should be monitored for violations of religious freedom.

President Obama’s recent proposal to open a new round of nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia has inspired hope among disarmament advocates.

Homeowners carrying loans worth more than the current value of their homes, said one lawyer, would likely default again when loan modifications ended.

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja has said that the so-called religious violence between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria is not about religion.

The study reports that those who left the Catholic Church were more likely to have done so because they no longer believed in its teachings.

Catholic bishops elected by several mainland Chinese dioceses will have to be subjected to further scrutiny before they are consecrated.

The visit is considered a new horizon of collaboration between Muslims and Christians, not only in Jordan, but in all the world.

The Vatican newspaper, LOsservatore Romano, editorialized that President Barack Obama has operated in most areas with more caution than predicted.

After years of underrepresentation, African-American Catholics have apparently regained a proportional representation among those being ordained.

AIDS and H.I.V. need to be our national priority,” said Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg