Pope Benedict XVI is planning to create a department charged with overseeing the “re-evangelization” of traditionally Christian countries.
Colombian authorities said a Catholic priest led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres.
The bishops of England and Wales asked Catholics to carry out acts of penance to help atone for clerical abuse crimes.
More than 3,500 attended the first traditional Latin Mass in decades at the National Shrine.
The Catholic bishops of the United States have learned many lessons from the sex abuse crisis. These twelve are among the most important.