A leading animal rights groups is launching an internet petition to demand Pope Benedict XVI stop wearing fur during religious ceremonies at the Vatican.

Pope Benedict met four Australian victims of sexual abuse by the clergy on Monday at a private mass, an unscheduled meeting that underlined his weekend public apology to all those who had been abused by the ...

By Anthony Barich SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 21, 2008 .- Tim Fischer, a former Australian deputy prime minister, has been appointed the country's first resident ambassador to the Holy See.

SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 20, 2008 .- The 23rd World Youth Day in Sydney was a "wonderful experience," Benedict XVI says.

Forty years after the Vatican upheld the ban on birth control, the U.S.-based Catholics for Choice, which has affiliates around the world, is urging Catholics to press their bishops to help end the prohibition.

A victims' advocate group announced the second lawsuit in six days filed against the Archdiocese of Denver detailing child molestation charges leveled against a one-time Loveland priest.

A militant pro-abortion group has launched a publicity campaign encouraging Catholics to protest the Church's teaching on contraception, while a group of orthodox Catholic priests has urged other clerics to ...

Dispute ... Bruce Gotobed, of Mataura, who is involved in an argument over the authenticity of an item he sold on Trade Me.

Pope Benedict XVI met privately on Monday with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, ending a pilgrimage to the country with a gesture of contrition and concern over a scandal that has ...

Hundreds have packed St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw's old town to pay their respects to former foreign minister and Solidarity icon, Bronis3aw Geremek, who died on July 13 in a car crash The pouring rain has ...