In a 256-page exhortation, the Pope summarized the Vatican's views on issues including sexuality, marriage, parenting and divorce.

The announced price increase will place additional stress on the elderly, one of the most vulnerable groups of Croatian society, and negatively impact their already threatened quality of life.

Persecuted, violated and rejected on the basis of their sexual orientation, LGBT migrants need stronger support and appropriate assistance to live a normal life.

Many Romanians are unaware that the national ombudsperson can protect their constitutional rights, but a new project by local NGOs aims to inform citizens and encourage them to seek help when needed.

The founder of Germany's anti-Islamist Pegida movement, Lutz Bachmann, faces hate speech charges at a court in the city of Dresden. Bachmann, in Pegida's Facebook posts, called refugees "cattle" and "filth," inciting...

A new report by Doctors Without Borders, titled "Fuori Campo," reveals that 10,000 refugees and asylum seekers – men, women and children – are living outside the reception system in Italy, without any institutional...

Large public spaces were closed during the state visit in order to discourage protests against China's deplorable human rights record, especially in Tibet.

Civil society leaders are quick to refute the statement of an Italian prosecutor that young inmates are poised to become terrorists.

The European Commission published on April 11 its annual "Justice Scoreboard" and Italy is not doing well, lagging behind other European countries on key issues such as reasonable length of trials and independence of...

In one of Milan's high schools, a substitute teacher expressed his hatred of civil unions during class, using harsh and offensive language about homosexuals, according to students present. This serious incident had...