Event hosted by Pope Francis in Apostolic Palace at the Vatican brought together officials, activists and Nobel winners ...

Serge Atlaoui (center), a Frenchman on death row in Indonesia since 2007 for drug offenses, looks on during a press ...

Australia said on Feb. 5 that it is concerned for the health of jailed Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, who was ...

Ramesh Baghel’s almost month-long legal battle this January to bury the body of his dead father in their village graveyard is ...

The church must welcome young people and embrace their desires and doubts to bring them closer to Jesus and ultimately open them up to receiving God's call, Pope Francis said.

Sri Lanka’s top Catholic leader Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has called on the nation’s politicians to refrain from suppressing ...

A forum of Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians said their people faced unprecedented violence following regime change ...

Life in camps along Thai-Myanmar border after medical services cut, more restrictions imposed will be tougher, residents say ...

In brief statement published on its website, Sodalitium said process of its dissolution would 'begin in the coming days' ...

The charge is class A misdemeanor in state of Illinois, could result in up to one year in prison for Father Carlos Martins ...

A British journalist specializing in environmental reporting has been banned from Cambodia and told his name has been added ...

HRW says Beijing still retains 'severe restrictions, conditions and controls' on a million detained in northwestern region ...