PARIS/GENEVA (Reuters) - Senior Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials announced on Monday they would mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 as a shared event rather than highlight the clash that split Western Christianity. Full story
When President Obama comes to Belfast, he's expected to praise a country at peace and call for walls that separate Irish Catholics and British Protestants to come tumbling down. Full story
With an apartment "crawling with babies," comedian and author Jim Gaffigan gives his thoughts on parenthood, making babies, and what it takes to keep it all together.
After making controversial comments about Catholics, Ohio State President Gordon Gee has announced he will retire but said the outrage over his comments were only part of the reason he’s planning to leave. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
(Reuters) - A retired Australian bishop urged Roman Catholics around the world on Tuesday to sign an online petition to Pope Francis to call a new global council to take effective measures to end the sexual abuse of children in the Church. Full story
A federal judge has given a Catholic diocese in northern Indiana permission to keep some records under seal as lawyers prepare for a possible trial over a former teacher's claim that she was fired because she had in vitro fertilization. Full story
Father Kevin O’Brien addresses the latest Gallup poll, which shows that more than three-quarters of Americans say religion is losing its influence on American life.
The author of more than 150 books, Catholic priest Andrew Greeley was at times a relentless critic of the church. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University, said he made a poor attempt at humor when suggesting Catholics can’t be trusted on a Thursday or Friday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
In an exclusive special report, NBC’s Maria Shriver speaks with three senators who are working to create legislation that will allow outside prosecutors to decide whether or not to take military sexual assault cases to trial rather than relying on military commanders to play that role.
The death toll is climbing in the Bangladesh garment factory building collapse and it’s sparking a larger discussion about profit vs. the poor with Pope Francis weighing in, stressing the dignity of workers. Kate Childs Graham and Tsedeye Gebreselassie discuss.
A Catholic nun waits for a bus next to a branch office of Spanish Popular Bank in Madrid June 19, 2013. Spain has made strong progress in fixing its economy but needs to do more to put millions back to work and shield its fragile banks from recession, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesd
A Congolese child attends celebrations to mark the Day of the African Child at the Catholic church in the town of Rutshuru, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2013. Picture taken June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY
Congolese children attend celebrations to mark the Day of the African Child at the Catholic church in the town of Rutshuru, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 16, 2013. Picture taken June 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kenny Katombe (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION ANNIVERSARY
Father Sebastian J. Rossouw of the Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 June 2013
