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 roots of the conflict in Honduras go back long before President Manuel Zelaya was forced to leave the country on June 28.

The insert urged readers to press Senate leaders to support efforts to “incorporate long-standing policies against abortion funding and in favor of conscience rights” in health reform legislation.

Life issues from the test tube to the deathbed are on the agenda for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly.

The Diocese of Bridgeport said it was disappointed that the court declined to hear its final petition regarding the ordered release of documents from sex abuse cases.