At least 11 and perhaps as many as 14 Christians have been killed in the northern Iraqi city since the end of August, according to government officials.

At least 11 and perhaps as many as 14 Christians have been killed in Mosul since the end of August, according to government officials and humanitarian groups.

While France is a model for the centralized state, Alsace-Moselle is different, especially on the question of politics and religion.

Pope Benedict XVI is looking to reconquer Europe, if not in numbers, then at the political table.

Speaking to French bishops, Pope Benedict XVI renewed his call to redefine church-state relations in France and urged clergy to engage in meaningful interreligious dialogue.

Pope Benedict XVI called on worshipers to recall victims of violence, war and terrorism as well as people facing suffering due to unemployment or their situation as immigrants.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Paris after saying he was “a messenger of peace and brotherhood” in this country that has long drawn sharp distinctions between church and state.

Days of Christian-versus-Hindu retaliatory violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader has left at least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, homeless.

Days of Christian-versus-Hindu retaliatory violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader has left at least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, homeless.

Six people were killed when Hindu and Christian groups clashed Tuesday in eastern India.