Dogs, cats and birds were blessed at a church in Madrid on Thursday on the feast day of St. Anthony, the patron saint of animals, with many of the owners making an annual pilgrimage for their pets.

Brandon Church -- the late brother of country star Eric Church -- died as a result of chronic alcoholism ... TMZ has learned. According to the autopsy report obtained by TMZ ... Brandon had a clinical history of alcohol withdrawal-induced...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would not confront the country's Catholic Church over sexual abuse allegations and that it would fall to the prosecutor's office to investigate such claims.

This Black History Month, we are bringing you the story of three strangers connected by the Underground Railroad. Last December, Ancestry arranged for six people from across the U.S. to meet at a historical church in Brooklyn. The journey revealed family connections and surprises about their ancestors, which are documented in a film called "Railroad Ties." Adriana Diaz spoke with three of them about the experience.

Reuters photographer Simon Dawson captures African Christian communities in London.

The Aurora Prayer Coalition and area churches are hosting a vigil at the Henry Pratt Company, where a shooting took place Friday.

The Vatican will gather senior bishops from around the world later this week for a conference on sex abuse designed to guide them on how best to tackle a problem that has decimated the Church's credibility, but critics say it is too little, too late.

Roman Catholics who were sexually abused by clergy are insisting that decisive actions to confront the decades-long problem of pedophile priests and church cover-ups must come out of an upcoming Vatican summit.