With 140 million inhabitants, Brazil is the world's most populous Catholic nation.

Venezuela, like most South American nations, is a predominantly Catholic nation.

Until the early 1900's, some Catholic nations had the right to veto a papal candidate.

Lucy Williamson reports on why Mexico, a developing Catholic nation, is the latest country to turn away from marriage.

The new law makes France the first traditionally Catholic nation to recognize homosexual unions.

Later, he had the monasteries dissolved, causing opposition in the still largely Catholic nation.

Charles goes so far as to call on help from Catholic nations, which disgusts his Protestant supporters.

They had received word from none other than the "king" of the Catholic nation.

They glance nervously at Spain, another dyed-in-the-wool Catholic nation, where a similar tax option got started in 1988.

The western image of Poland as a highly orthodox Catholic nation was always slightly amiss.