The Catholic University Students' Centre of Thailand has been encouraging its members to meet members of fueding political parties.

The scorched head of Mary is all that remains of the Nagasaki cathedral destroyed by the atomic bomb.

“You also can’t underestimate the value of pastoral presence,” said Gordon Wage of Catholic Charities.

Bishop Gerald Kicanas said the new law “does not address the critical need for border security to confront drug smuggling...and human trafficking.”

The bishops of England and Wales asked Catholics to carry out acts of penance to help atone for clerical abuse crimes.

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to create a department charged with overseeing the “re-evangelization” of traditionally Christian countries.