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

Drenching rains already are turning tent camps outside Port-au-Prince into muddy quagmires.

The Iraqi Council of Christian Church Leaders was pleased with the level of public participation in the recent elections.

Palestinians are frustrated by excessive presence of Israeli police and numerous barricades during Holy Week.

A German-born bishop who headed a prelature in Norway admitted that his resignation last year was linked to the sexual abuse of a minor.

The Vatican nuncio to the United Nations said that cold war conditions that encouraged the church’s “limited toleration of nuclear deterrence” no longer exist.