Only 12 percent of Americans surveyed said the pope has done an excellent or good job in handling the abuse scandal.

“In March we finally accomplished what I set out to do 18 years ago,” Rep. Stupak said. “I’m proud to have helped bring it across the finish line.”

A special collection for Haiti in Catholic parishes nationwide has raised $58.7 million to date.

A Vatican commission expressed the hope that bishops and priests deprived of freedom would be allowed to resume their pastoral ministry.

Two pending federal lawsuits seek to pull the Vatican into U.S. courts over claims that it is liable for damages to victims of sexual abuse by priests

Catholic officials condemned the slayings of 10 young people in the state of Durango and suspended long-running Holy Week missionary programs.