“You also can’t underestimate the value of pastoral presence,” said Gordon Wage of Catholic Charities.

At least four people died when buses carrying Christian university students was bombed near the Iraqi city of Mosul.

The Catholic University Students' Centre of Thailand has been encouraging its members to meet members of fueding political parties.

Colombian authorities said a Catholic priest led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres.

Bishop Gerald Kicanas said the new law “does not address the critical need for border security to confront drug smuggling...and human trafficking.”

The bishops of England and Wales asked Catholics to carry out acts of penance to help atone for clerical abuse crimes.