“As it stands, the language is not broad enough to protect our Catholic health providers,” the Catholic Health Association complained in a statement.

A car bomb exploded on Aug. 2 outside the Holy Family Syrian Catholic church in the city of Kirkuk, leaving at least 20 people injured.

Catholic sisters who live near London neighborhoods hit by riots are working with local authorities to help homeless victims. 

it was probably thanks to Jesuit Father Roberto Busa that today’s computers don’t just crunch numbers, but amass, sort and link words, allowing written works online to be easily searched and analyzed. Father Busa died late Aug. 9 at the age of 97

More than 11 million people in the region could be affected by the famine, brought on by drought and escalating food costs.

Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United States since 2006, “enjoyed the highest respect and deepest affection” of the nation’s Catholics, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan said.