Europe

VATICAN CITY — The number of Catholics worldwide is rising at a slightly lower rate than overall population growth, according to statistics compiled by the

LONDON — One of the Church of England’s most senior prelates, Bishop Mark Santer of Birmingham, has called for the church to dissolve its ties

MOSCOW — The Moscow branch of the Salvation Army has won a landmark court decision allowing it to continue serving thousands of poor in the

LONDON — An increasing number of Scottish Roman Catholics are in favor of phasing out the system of separate Catholic schools that has been established

ROME — An Italian court ruled Feb. 19 it cannot try officials of Vatican Radio on charges of polluting the environment with electromagnetic emissions because

MOSCOW — The Constitutional Court of Russia has ruled in favor of the Salvation Army and against Russia’s restrictive religion laws. Feb. 28, lawyers representing

Baptist congregations in France are increasingly adding the word “Protestant” to their names as they seek to avoid being identified as cults. Widespread concern in