"We're very hopeful that significant health reform is going to happen," said Jeff Tieman of the Catholic Health Association.

At a press conference in Washington, D.C., two Congressmen urged Obama to forgo rescinding the Bush administration's conscience-protection regulation.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel on May 11, the midpoint of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

The "Oppose Destructive Stem-Cell Research campaign encourages viewers to express opposition to proposed federal guidelines.

Only 48 residents of the Gaza Stripabout half as many as originally reportedwere able to attend the papal Mass in Bethlehem.

The 2,600-page report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse "throws light on a dark period of the past."