The scholars Daniel Callahan and his wife, Sidney, were honored for their distinguished contribution to culture by the editors of America.

"John Paul II is blessed because of his faith—a strong, generous and apostolic faith," Pope Benedict said May 1 just minutes after formally beatifying his predecessor.

Official extortion and abuse are "one of the causes of the weariness and discouragement of our population," says Congo bishop.

Denver’s Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said "there’s just an inability among the bishops together to speak clearly on this matter."

James Martin, S.J., author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and America’s culture editor, will be honored with a Christopher Award on May 19.

The Vatican's moral advocacy has provoked criticism and even derision among some Italians.