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.

The burning and looting of the disputed town of Abyei in central Sudan has been condemned by the United Nations.

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.”

The U.S. bishops' harsh critique of a Elizabeth Johnson's book was not meant to question her “dedication, honor, creativity or service.”

Researchers acknowledged that there is uncertainty about the scale of future risk, but argued, “Uncertainty is not a reason for inaction."