Africa, Asia see boom in priests as Europe withers
The number of Catholic priests in Africa and Asia has shot up over the past decade while decreasing in Europe, mirroring trends in the numbers of ...
Holy Land church leaders say clergy mistreated
A dozen senior church leaders in the Holy Land say Israeli police "ill-treated" clergy, including a Coptic Egyptian cleric, during Orthodox Easter ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week ...
Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints
Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to ...
A look at new saints canonized by Pope Francis
Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the ...
Egypt Christian teacher's detention extended
Egyptian prosecutors extended the detention Saturday of a Coptic Christian teacher held over accusations of blasphemy of Islam and proselytizing ...
Rios Montt: From army to dictatorship to courtroom
Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the ...
Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody
A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading ...
2 popes praying: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis
Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for ...
Northern Ireland hopes to tear down 'peace lines'
Northern Ireland hopes to tear down the so-called "peace lines" of Belfast — dozens of walls of brick, steel and barbed wire that divide Irish ...
Egypt's pope in 1st visit to Vatican in 40 years
Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such visit in 40 years. Six priests and ...
Puerto Rico Catholics support archbishop
Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly ...
Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, ...
Pope to nuns: Don't be old maids
Pope Francis has told nuns from around the world that they must be spiritual mothers and not "old maids." Francis also warned the sisters against ...
Same-sex couples welcome Del. gay marriage law
Mikki Snyder-Hall married her partner, Claire, in California in 2008, and moved two years ago to Rehoboth, a gay-friendly Delaware beach town.
Delaware becomes 11th state with gay marriage
Delaware became the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage when Democratic Gov. Jack Markell signed a gay marriage bill into law just ...
Vatican, US Treasury agree to share financial data
The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with ...
Vatican denies internal split on US nun crackdown
The Vatican on Tuesday denied there were any internal divisions over its crackdown on the largest umbrella group of U.S. nuns after a top Vatican ...
Pakistan's minorities have no faith in democracy
In majority Muslim Pakistan, religious minorities say democracy is killing them. Intolerance has been on the rise for the past five years under ...
Tanzania police: 4 Saudis arrested after blast
A police commander in Tanzania says four Saudi Arabian citizens have been arrested following a bomb attack on a Catholic church. Magesa Mulogo said ...
Pope encourages protection of children from abuse
Pope Francis is calling for courageous defense of children to protect them from abuse. Francis made no mention of the church scandals in many ...
Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Easter
Pope Tawadros II led his first Easter Mass as head of the ancient Coptic Church in Egypt praying for security and prosperity on Saturday at the same ...
Drought across the West spurs resurgence of faith
Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before ...
Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill
Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders appealed to the public Friday to lobby their lawmakers to reject a bill that would permit abortions deemed necessary ...
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