A serious breakdown between the powerful Roman Catholic Church and the government in Burundi is raising concerns over stability in the East African nation, as senior government officials accuse the ...

An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a "hate group" for its views on marriage is drawing criticism for generating unjust animosity. The petition reveals an ...

Catholic Charities has spent more than a century caring for Wisconsin’s poor — but a state court says that work isn’t “religious” unless it involves preaching or proselytizing. Under Wisconsin law, ...

The Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has described the Catholic Church as the country's "most hypocritical institution" and says he is ready to take on senior Filipino bishops in a debate ...

An event hosted by the University of Cincinnati on faith and the LGBT community has dropped 'Catholicism' from its label after the local bishop sent an email to all diocesan priests and deacons, ...

Parishioners of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto have been told they should consider going to confession if they voted for Barack Obama, because of the president-elect's position condoning ...

BOSTON -- Somewhere along the way, the dividing line over gay issues picked up and moved. It's no longer between red and blue states, or left and right wings, but between nature and nurture. Or to be ...

WASHINGTON — An online petition asking the White House to designate the Catholic Church as a “hate group” for its views on marriage is drawing criticism for generating unjust animosity. The petition ...