As a global synod convened in October, it may be fair to ask how the "new" evangelization differs from the "old."

In Guatemala young women are vulnerable to many forms of violence, according to the human rights office of the Archdiocese of Guatemala City.

By traveling to Guantánamo Bay, the family members had a unique opportunity to face personally the men accused of murdering their loved ones.

A papal delegation of bishops, including Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, will travel to the capital of war-torn Syria in late October.

Jacques Berthieu, a French Jesuit (1838–96) and missionary in Madagascar, was canonized in Rome on Oct. 21 together with six other blessed.

Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s teachings to an increasingly Godless world.