Deacon Bernard V. Nojadera has been named to head the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection.

Pope Benedict XVI prayed that the world's Gypsies no longer be subjected to prejudice, oppression and rejection.

The burning and looting of the disputed town of Abyei in central Sudan has been condemned by the United Nations.

The bishops called for government action in the wake of the slaying of 27 workers on a farm owned by an alleged drug kingpin.

The Rockford Diocese shuts down its services after a new Illinois law requires placement with same-sex or cohabitating couples.

The U.S. bishops' spring general assembly consider of a new document on physician-assisted suicide.