People walk past a Planned Parenthood clinic in the Manhattan borough of New York.

Can the public expect Planned Parenthood to be held accountable for selling baby body parts when the court handling the case against the group is supposedly tainted by corruption?

The pro-life group called “Operation Rescue” is calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor to hear and decide on Planned Parenthood's baby body-parts trade to ensure that the outcome of the case, as well as another..

Does a judge have the power to give up on a baby's life, even though the parents of the baby want to exhaust all means to make their child live?

A local court in England allowed officials from the Northampton General Hospital to unplug a severely disabled 14-week-old baby from his ventilator and move him to a palliative care unit to die—all against the wishes of the young child's parents.

The baby, who was suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, died last week while still on..

Young people at World Youth Day hold a banner thanking Pope Francis for his Laudato Si encyclical in Krakow, Poland.

More than a million Roman Catholic believers trooped to the Polish city of Krakow during the past days to join the World Youth Day. Some from farther countries had to ride planes, others had to board on ships, while others still had to take the trains.

Three young French pilgrims, however, used the power of their faith and their legs to be able to join the youth..

NEW YORK — A former employee at the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch who was born female but identifies as male has filed a federal lawsuit against the company for allegedly being asked to wear the women’s uniform.

Maha Shalaby is seeking $35 million as she claims that she was “badgered” to wear female clothing at the store’s Manhattan location. She says that she was initially told when she was hired that she could wear men’s clothes, but was informed later that company policy requires her..

ReutersCoptic Christians hold a protest rally in Egypt to denounce attacks on their community.

Egypt is a place that played a role in biblical history, from which God delivered his chosen people, the Israelites. This country, however, has now become a dangerous place for Christian believers.

Incidents of sectarian violence continue to rise in Egypt, with some affecting Christians, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), which fights for the protection of religious freedom, justice a..

Rebels gather in Upper Nile State, South Sudan after an attack by government troops on their positions.

At a time when thousands of people in Africa are suffering due to the conflicts in different parts of the continent, the Roman Catholic Church and other religious groups can definitely do their share in making sure that these conflicts are prevented and peace maintained as much as possible.

This was the message of Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to t..

I cannot believe we’re at the end of August already. We’re having an incredibly busy summer here, with family events, vacations, busy work schedules and more, and it’s hard to accept that there’s only a month left before we have to start shifting gears into fall. There was quite a bit going on in July, and I’m amazed that I still found time to write anything at all, let alone consume more media to write about here. So, let’s get into what interested me this month that I just haven’t had the time..

A rogue former assassin fought his way back to the top of the box office this week.

Jason Bourne — the fifth film in the spy series and the fourth to star Matt Damon — grossed an estimated $60 million between Thursday and Sunday nights.

That’s the second-best opening for both the Bourne franchise and Damon personally, behind the third film in the series, The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, $69.3 million).

It is also the second-best opening for Tommy Lee Jones, who plays a villainous CIA chief, behind Ca..

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service Bernard Hogan-Howe said he could not guarantee Britain would be protected against terror.

Britain cannot be fully protected against terrorism and an attack similar to those seen recently in mainland Europe is a question of “when, not if,” London's police chief said on Sunday.

The warning by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe reflects Britain's current “severe” threat level for international terrorism and follows ..

PEMBROKE, Ga. — A Christian flag has been removed from a county courthouse in Georgia following a complaint from a prominent atheist activist organization.

As previously reported, the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter on July 6 to the clerk of courts at the Bryan County Courthouse to demand that the flag be ejected from the courtroom. The flag—a white and blue flag with a red cross first created in 1897 to honor the Christian faith—had been displayed in the c..