As a global synod convened in October, it may be fair to ask how the "new" evangelization differs from the "old."
In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.
Some of Egypt’s Christians are concerned about Islamists in power, but there is greater freedom of speech than before the revolution.
Western nations must resist the pressure to “scapegoat, abandon, even kill, the elderly as a cost-cutting measure,” an Australian bishop said.
By traveling to Guantánamo Bay, the family members had a unique opportunity to face personally the men accused of murdering their loved ones.
A papal delegation of bishops, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will travel to the capital of war-torn Syria in late October.