An Irish Catholic bishop has announced plans to release documented evidence of misconduct by British troops in the killing of 11 people at Ballymurphy in August 1971. Bishop Noel ...

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a memo indicating that an executive order by President Barack Obama does not fully resolve the issue of abortion funding in the new ...

Cardinal Joseph Zen issued a strong caution against the belief that the Chinese government is willing to cooperate with the Holy See on the appointment of Catholic bishops. The retired ...

The leaders of the Congregation for Evangelization has sent a special message to Catholic bishops priests in China, thanking them for their service and acknowledging "how some of you ...

A 76-year-old Tennessee priest who admitted committing homosexual abuse in the late 1970s was sentenced to two years' probation and a $500 fine on July 28. Warren Tucker alleges that ...

The gay community in Chile is reacting with indignation to recent comments by 83-year-old Cardinal Jorge Medina Estévez, who led the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of ...

In a July 28 independence day message, the bishops of Peru called upon the nation's citizens to remember the needs of the poorest Peruvians. "The situation of Peru's poorest citizens ...

An Australian archbishop has expressed concern that the nation's new prime minister, Julia Gillard, is an atheist. The prime minister assumed office on June 24. "While there is no ...

Distressed by the Irish hierarchy's response to the abuse scandal, some Irish priests are forming a new association whose aim is to represent the nation's priests in their dealings with ...

The bishops of Arizona welcomed a federal judge's July 28 ruling that prevented parts of Arizona's controversial immigration law from taking effect. "We, the Roman Catholic Bishops in ...

Archbishop George Lucas of Omaha has called the faithful to organize in opposition to the opening of a new Planned Parenthood clinic in the Nebraska city. "Make your voice heard in ...

Traditionalist Anglicans in Canada have voted overwhelmingly in favor of union with the Roman Catholic Church. The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (ACCC), meeting for a provincial ...

In a commentary for Radio Free Europe (RFE), Vitaly Portnikov argues that Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is seeking to assert greater control over the Orthodox world, particularly in ...

Some Cambodian Catholics have complained that the 35-year prison sentence imposed on a key figure in the genocidal regime of the 1970s is too light, UCAN reports. Kaing Guek Eay, ...

The Vatican is enforcing longstanding rules requiring modesty in dress. Tourists visiting St. Peter's basilica, and natives of Rome using the Vatican pharmacy or post office, are being ...

Leading African prelates called for encouragement of native entrepreneurs during a meeting of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). Cardinal Francis Arinze, the ...

A New Hampshire Catholic college is establishing medieval-style guilds in woodworking, baking, sacred art, and music to complement its academic curriculum. "It is important for students ...

The Diocese of Marquette (Michgian) has completed its investigation into a cure attributed to the intercession of the Servant of God Frederic Baraga (1797-1868), a Slovenian missionary who ...

The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) began its fifteenth plenary assembly in Accra on July 27. The theme of the assembly-- the first since last October's ...

El Salvador's leading prelate has called for the repeal of Arizona's controversial immigration law. "We are all against the law," said Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador. ...