The growing number of people in U.S. detention centers has made the issue of access even more urgent.

In a letter on Nov. 12, the Mexican bishops’ conference rebuked narcotics-trafficking cartelsfor their murderous ways.

The CDF is stressing that the Vatican overture was not an initiative of the Holy See but a response to requests from Anglicans who have broken with their church.

An American deacon described at a press conference in London how he was suddenly cured from a severe spinal condition after praying to Cardinal John Henry Newman.

“We are all aware of the special anxieties which surround our women religious these days," Cardinal Roger M. Mahony wrote.

The Nov. 7 House vote was a victory for the national and Catholic pro-life community, though less of an achievement than pro-choice advocates are suggesting.