Connecticut’s bishops are resisting a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits in cases of sexual abuse.

San Antonio’s Archbishop José H. Gómez will become head of the archdiocese upon Cardinal Roger M. Mahony’s retirement.

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

L'Osservatore Romano hailed the new U.S.-Russia disarmament treaty on April 7 as a "significant and courageous step toward international security"

Vatican authorities emphasized that it was the pope who, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pushed for harsher measures against abusers.

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