The suffering in Gaza remains widespread despite the easing of the Israeli blockade in 2010, say U.N. and church officials.

Archbishop José Gómez called upon the Obama administration and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform

The bishop of Sendai, a region hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, has outlined the diocese’s reconstruction efforts.

The Vatican forcefully denied undermining efforts by Irish bishops to protect children from sexual abuse.

Zhang Qingli, the Communist Party official who was in charge of Tibet during the crackdown on Buddhist protesters in 2008, is now the new party chief in Hebei.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna is not playing “a game of chicken” with priests calling for reforms in church practice.