The righteous one offers no resistance to those who murder him, we hear in the Letter of James this Sunday. The top United States and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned that without more troops soon, the allies would not be able ...

Jesus takes a stand for inclusiveness when he says in this Sunday's gospel reading that "whoever is not against us is for us." Emotions ran high over a huge open air "Peace Without Borders" concert held in Havana, Cuba last Sunday.

Would that the Spirit of the Lord come down on all the people, Moses says in the first reading this Sunday. Those who argue that access to all internet content should be just as open will likely be pleased ...

Eastern and Western church leaders seem to be taking a cue from Jesus' reconciling message in this Sunday's gospel, focusing on what they are for rather than against. On a five-day visit to Rome, a Russian Orthodox official ...

While it is true, as the psalmist says, that the precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart, a breakthrough in medical testing using the popular video-game console Xbox will bring joy to those worried about possible heart defects.

"When the Taliban fled, our burqas went with them."

According to a new Trinity College study, nearly 19 percent of men and 12 percent of women in the U.S. don't identify with any religion. Of these, 35 percent say they were Catholic at age 12.