September 12 marks the 50th anniversary of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy's famed speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, in which he said: I believe in an America that is ...

A bishop already known for his pro-life activism is taking the further step of exhorting his priests to pray outside the state's sole abortion clinic. "The 40 Days for Life North Dakota ...

Writing for The American Spectator, George Neumayr, the editor of Catholic World Report, argues that "the same foolish and false interpretation of the First Amendment that protects a ...

President Barack Obama issued a statement on September 9 commemorating Eid ul-Fitr, the conclusion of Ramadan. "Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of a holy month of fasting and prayer," he ...

As the Dominicans hold their general chapter in Rome, the order's vice provincial in Pakistan discusses the persecution Christians endure there. Noting that "the Church in Pakistan is a ...

A blind lawyer who had documented forced late-term abortions and sterilizations in Shandong province was released from prison on September 10 after four years. Chinese authorities ...

Echoing statements made recently by American interfaith leaders and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the heads of three US bishops' committees said in a September 9 ...

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick says that Americans should be free to embrace either the Gospel or the Qu'ran. Responding to a reporter's question after an appearance at the National Press ...

A Catholic pastor in Chicago has lashed out at Cardinal Francis George for conferring the title of "monsignor" on several archdiocesan priests. Father Thomas McQuaid of St. Leonard ...

A court in India has handed down a 6-year prison sentence for one of the key figures in the anti-Christian violence that swept through the eastern Orissa state in 2008. Manoj Pradhan, a ...

A university in India has ordered the reinstatement of a professor who was dismissed by a Catholic college after allegedly insulting Muslim students--and after outraged Islamic extremists ...

A Catholic college in Texas has ruled that a gay-rights group cannot participate in a campus event at which non-profit groups recruit student interns. St. Edward's University declined a ...

Pope Benedict XVI met on September 9 with Prime Minister José Maria Pereira Neves of Cape Verde at the summer papal residence in Castel Gandolfo. A short Vatican statement released ...

A prominent leader of America's Republican Party has warned candidates not to discuss social issues during this year's campaign. Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi told a Washington ...

An Australian researcher argues that "repressed memory" is a myth. Grant Devilly of Griffith University says that someone who has experienced a trauma is highly unlikely to forget the ...

When two US bishops recently visited Ghana, they found that the Church there is characterized by "youthfulness, energy, and a zest for life," said Auxiliary Bishop Martin Holley of ...

In the western Indian state of Gujarat-- where the ratio is 883 girls for every 1,000 boys-- a man was arrested after throwing his newborn daughter into a gutter on September 2. Narottam ...

A Catholic layman in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, was shot in front of his parish on September 6. It is unclear whether Asghar Bhatti, 61, was deliberately targeted or whether the ...

A missionary whose name was not reported for safety reasons has questioned the motives behind a United Nations report on over 500 recent rapes by members of armed groups in the eastern ...

Priests and nuns demonstrated in Sri Lanka's capital on September 8 against a proposed constitutional amendment that would abolish presidential term limits, allowing President Mahinda ...