More than half of the bishops’ conferences in the Americas, Europe and Asia complied with a Vatican mandate to draw up anti-abuse guidelines by a May deadline.
India's Catholic Bishops are "deeply pained" by the "mindless violence" that has engulfed several districts in a northeastern Indian state.
A call for reform and an end to violence on both sides.
The government of Sudan has continued a campaign of indiscriminate bombing, harassment and starvation against the Nuba people in South Kordofan Province.
A priest who was removed from his parish for improvising prayers during the celebration of Mass has now been suspended from all other priestly duties.
A Colorado federal justice rules that the HHS requirement that even objecting employers must provide contraceptives free of charge to their employees has potential for violating religious freedom.