American Catholics must resist unjust laws “as a duty of citizenship and an obligation of faith,” the U.S. bishops committee on religious liberty wrote in a statement.

A military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would not, in view of the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders, be justified under Catholic teaching.

The Irish Association of Catholic Priests said it is “disturbed” that the group’s founder, Fr. Tony Flannery, is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

A majority of the most dangerous countries in the world for women are found in Latin America and the Caribbean.

On March 30 Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass., rescinded its invitation to Victoria Kennedy, widow of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, to speak during spring commencement ceremonies.

Pope Benedict XVI’s brief visit to Latin America ended in Cuba after a private meeting with the aging former President Fidel Castro.