In the American Catholic Laity Surveys that began in 1987, U.S. Catholics have, for quite some time now, preferred to decide for themselves on many questions of morality, over giving church leaders ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Catholic leaders in East Africa launched a campaign on Wednesday (Feb. 12) to advocate for the ...

Bishop David Tencer, known for his Capuchin beard, talks about the diversity of the Catholic flock in Reykjavik and why the ...

Elizabeth Kendall's third-grade class is using "Hearts Around the World" to learn about the U.S., the world, and so much more ...

A scruffy New Orleans rescue dog famed for evading a monthslong effort to recapture him using nets and tranquilizer rifles has finally been caught and returned to domestic life this week.

Pope Francis sharply criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in an unusual open letter to America's ...

Following months of discussions with the property owner and the City Council, Mayor Todd Gloria Friday announced the proposed ...

Nearly 30 years after Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s breakthrough movie, “Good Will Hunting,” they are sharing the screen again ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and ...

Some say an oral promise of religious protection read out at Waitangi in 1840 amounts to a fourth article of the Treaty. But ...

New Zealand's last war was a pivotal point for race relations ... Getting the engineering students - largely "white Catholic boys" - on board was not easy, initially. "At the time... they just did ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New ...