People unaffiliated with any religion constitute nearly 20 percent of the American public, making them almost as numerous as Catholics.

In just over two decades Niger has cut its rate of infant mortality in half, highlighting the benefits of universal free health care.

Peace talks were scheduled to begin on Oct. 5 in Norway, between the Colombian government and members of the F.A.R.C. guerrillas.

On Oct. 20 the Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation will honor the American Jesuit Brian E. Daley, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.

Both major candidates have kept Afghanistan on the rhetorical back burner.

Responding to hurricanes “goes right to the heart of what the church does because storms don’t just destroy buildings, they...destroy families and communities.”

Caritas Spain urged the Spanish government to consider the “sinister concrete implications” of the country’s economic crisis.

The 2012 Farm Bill became a casualty of this election season’s often rancorous budget debate.

In a speech to the UN, President Obama argued that in protecting free speech, even blasphemy must be tolerated.

The German bishops’ conference defended a decree that said Catholics who stop paying a church membership tax cannot receive sacraments.