Pope Francis opened the second session of the Synod of Bishops defending his decision to give women and laymen votes at the ...

A Catholic bishop in the Philippines has called for a show of solidarity towards more than 210,000 people who were affected ...

Cardinal Parolin emphasized peace and human dignity, urging commitment to justice and solidarity aligned with UN goals ...

Four villagers and a journalist were beaten up and arrested at a protest against geothermal project on Flores island ...

S. Iswaran received a 12-month sentence for obstruction of justice, accepting illegal gifts in first political graft trial in ...

Thousands of pilgrims from across the country gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in ...

Japan's new justice minister Hideki Makihara has said abolishing the death penalty would be "inappropriate" despite the ...

“All Cambodians should be able to exercise their right to freedom of expression without the fear of arrest and prosecution,” ...

Two Hindu youths have been released a week after their kidnapping, allegedly by rival tribal Christians in strife-torn ...

We still have 3,000 to 4,000 Christian families living just on the border with Israel in the middle of the war, and they ...

There are 25,000 Druze in the Golan Heights, divided into four villages, and until recently, they had remained on the ...

A devastating fire on a Thai school bus killed at least 23 people, police said Oct. 1 after rescuers pulled children's bodies ...