The Indian bishops spoke a day after three bombs in Mumbai left at least 17 people dead and more than 140 injured.

One 15-year-old had grown so accustomed to the war raging around him that he lost his fear of the ordnance scattered on the ground in his neighborhood.

Pope Benedict opened a new Vatican Internet news portal with the first-ever papal tweet on June 28.

Faith leaders say they will devote time during or after worship services to explaining the legislation.

Critics argue that the proposed measure would place the Christian minority at a distinct disadvantage.

Catholic bishops of the North and Central America cited "those searching for work, asylum-seekers, refugees and victims of human trafficking.”

The U.S. bishops declared suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent.”

A referendum in Italy has spotlighted an emerging social justice issue: access to safe water as a basic human right.

Dozens of churches in Indonesia come under attack every year, and the country’s president is failing to take action to stop it, a Catholic activist says.