Suspected insurgents in the south of Thailand opened fire in a bustling cafe frequented by police and soldiers earlier today, killing three customers and injuring four others. Today's attack brings the total number killed in isolated incidents in Yala province

Oil prices at the end of trading Friday were down by more than $1 a barrel from record levels set a day earlier on hopes that tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program could cut the chances of American or Israeli military

Rio de Janeiro - The body of "flying priest" balloon adventurer Adelir de Carli has been recovered some 100 kilometres off the Brazilian coast, local media reports said Saturday.Father de Carli went missing in April while attempting to fly with

Rick Leornardi has created a new blog to cover the Year of St. Paul with Man of Three Cultures.I have often joked in that past about how crappy the web sites of most Catholic churches are. Not even web 1.0,

World Youth Day 2008 will be held from July 15-20 in Sydney, Australia. Emer McCarthy has been taking a look at events leading up to Pope Benedict's arrival in Australia on July 12 th .

The Vatican releases the theme for next year's World Peace Day - hear reactions from the secretary general of Pax Christi International...

Ahead of the G8 summit in Japan, the heads of the Catholic Bishops Conferences write to world leaders urging them to focus on the needs of the poor...

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote next week on sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after last week's widely condemned run-off election. Mugabe won a June 27th run-off ballot after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the

Israel says it is keeping Gaza's border crossings closed in retaliation for a rocket attack yesterday. All cargo passages remained shut today, after Palestinians fired the rocket from Gaza toward Israel. No injuries were reported from that attack. The cargo