Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Monday defended his invocation of God at a political rally, after Italy's Catholic establishment criticized it as a cynical exploitation of faith ahead of European Parliament elections this weekend.

“There is little probability that another war in the most volatile region in the world, where the recent and current experiences of conflict in Syria, Iraq and Yemen are vivid, will succeed in bringing peace to the region."

Though the ruling African National Congress party (ANC) has won the South African elections, it has done so with a dwindling support of the popular vote.

The archdiocese of Detroit, in an effort to encourage keeping Sundays as "The Lord's Day," will institute a policy of banning parish and school athletic games starting on Aug. 1.

In a series of tweets about abortion, Trump did not state whether he was for or against the new Alabama law

Five U.S. bishops, chairmen of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committees or subcommittees, said May 17 they were "gravely disappointed" with the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Equality Act.