50,000 pray for the once-skeptical Pope, sing and speak in tongues

White House expects 60,000 children to cross border this year.

Young people are helping lead a rebirth of the Catholic Church in Ireland, said the American-born papal nuncio serving in the country. Archbishop Charles J. Brown described the rebirth as the spring after 20 years of winter, saying he sees "green shoots.""You see a renewed enthusiasm

The Catholic Church in the Central African Republic pleaded for firmer action by United Nations-backed peacekeepers after an attack on a Bangui church left the parish priest and at least 14 worshipers dead.The attack on Our Lady of Fatima Church on May 28 took place as worshipers prayed the rosary f

Bishops celebrate Mass, lobby on Capitol Hill

Given the Holy Land's long and complex history of military, religious and cultural conflict, the run-up to Pope Francis' May 24-26 pilgrimage was inevitably marked by fears it would be marred by controversy—or worse.Now that the pope's second international trip is over, so are thos