Eight bishops in communion with Pope Benedict XVI laid their hands on Father Guo, whose ordination was illicit in the eyes of the church.

The Christian community was outraged by the acquittal on of a rich Muslim man accused of murdering a young Christian girl.

“This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach," said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.

The U.S. bishops commended a resolution in the House of Representatives that condemns recent attacks on religious minorities in Iraq.

“Our country has not stepped up to help,” said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, “these people have nothing and cannot go back.”

Has partisanship and politicization seeped into the church from U.S. culture?