“They have become even stronger, even after the death of Bin Laden," said the outgoing head of Caritas Asia.

On May 25 Australian church leaders joined the global push for the canonization of the U.S. archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

Spain's National Court orders the arrest of 20 former Salvadoran military officers for 1989 murders in El Salvador.

Bishop Blase J. Cupich says the report offers an explanation, but not an excuse for the abuse scandal that engulfed the United States.

The pope said he was following the conflict in Libya with “great concern” and was especially worried about the suffering of civilians.

The pope’s long-term aim is not simply to allow the old and new rites to coexist but to move toward a “common rite.”