Pope Francis Monday hosted an international summit on the rights of the child, lamenting the millions who daily endure war, ...

Multiple threats to children's health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence ...

Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document dedicated to children.

Exactly a century ago this year, the Supreme Court, in its decision in Pierce v. Society of Sisters, recognized the ...

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and ...

Speaking in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Pope Francis also drew attention Monday to his concern that young people, ...

After the Trump administration announced plans to remove the "sensitive locations" policy for immigration enforcement, ...

Queen Rania of Jordan made a trip to Italy on Monday for the World’s Summit on Children’s Rights at the Vatican. The royal ...

Montgomery County, Maryland, parents are appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to opt their children out of story books that contain LGBTQ storylines in school.

Pope Francis and leaders from around the world are meeting at the Vatican this week to discuss the rights of children, including the smallest and most defenseless children — the unborn.