The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention.

The fact that the government handed ownership of a new $330 million state hospital to a religious order has led to a national debate over the continued involvement of the Catholic Church in Ireland’s health care system.

The country has descended into chaos after years of food shortages and economic turmoil under embattled President Nicolas Maduro's government

Hundreds of Catholics joined the People's Climate March to call for moral and prayerful action to protect creation.

Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.

Forty years after the end of the Cultural Revolution, schoolchildren in China are once again being mobilized for an anti-espionage drive reminiscent of the Mao era.