The Rev. Alois Andritzki, a German priest who was killed by lethal injection at Dachau, was beatified on June 13 in a service at Dresden Cathedral.

An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently urged the United States to maintain its role as a global leader in refugee protection.

Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims.

For the first time, an international meeting of bishops’ representatives heard testimony from a survivor of clergy sexual abuse.

The U.S. bishops approved extensive revisions to their 2002 "Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People" June 16. Bishop Blase Cupich said it must remain "a front-burner issue."

A Vatican official urged all involved in the global economy to work for the common good and the protection of the most vulnerable.