The attack at the Abbey of Latroun was condemned by the U.S. State Department, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and average Israelis.

The Franciscan Action Network called on Barack Obama and Mitt Romney “to acknowledge that climate change is an extremely critical ecological and moral issue

In an interview just before his death the Jesuit cardinal described the church as “200 years out of date” and said the pedophilia scandals “oblige” the church to begin “a journey of transformation.”

On Aug. 29 Catholic Charities USA created a special Hurricane Isaac Fund to help fund its immediate and long-term response to widespread damage left behind by the storm.

A new poll of 1,200 Catholic voters finds that Catholics respond negatively to the Romney-Ryan economic plan and believe President Obama respects people of faith.

A spokesperson for the Egyptian bishops cautiously welcomed President Mohammed Morsi’s efforts to wrest presidential powers back from the Egyptian military.