Religiously mixed marriages have shown a significant decline among American Catholics in the past 20 years.

Thomas P. Gaunt, S.J., was named executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

Baghdad residents were still trying to make sense out of an orgy of violence at the city’s Syriac Catholic cathedral on Oct. 31.

The State Department made it clear that it wants the independence vote in south Sudan set for January 2011 to be held as scheduled.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development have established “stronger policies" to guide how grants are awarded.

Those expecting the recent cardinal selections to further globalize the College of Cardinals were no doubt disappointed.