Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI condemned “religiously motivated terrorism” and restrictions on religious freedom during his annual address to diplomats accredited...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — At Christmas, the human dream of being like God started to become a reality -- not through any human...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Christians should look toward the New Year with hope and a commitment to working for justice and peace, Pope...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an end to violence in Nigeria, condemning the Christmas church bombings that led to...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — God sent his son into the world to save it from evil, pride and violence, Pope Benedict XVI said...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI asked Christians to highlight the real meaning, the religious meaning, of Christmas as they celebrate the...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The free market is the economic model that seems most consonant with biblical teaching, but the global economic crisis...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe and confirming he will travel to Mexico and Cuba in the...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Theology is not simply an academic discipline or a means of explaining the faith to believers, it also has...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The deaths each year of more than a million people from AIDS, the suffering of their families and the...