The bishop of Sendai, a region hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, has outlined the diocese’s reconstruction efforts.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported the highest number of Americans living in poverty in the 52 years it has collected such estimates.

They allege that “Vatican officials tolerate and enable the systematic and widespread concealing of rape and child sex crimes throughout the world.”

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna is not playing “a game of chicken” with priests calling for reforms in church practice.

The report was commissioned by the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph to examine its procedures for assessing allegations of sexual abuse.

Indiana's educational scholarship program was passed by the state legislature in the spring.