“It is an extremely painful experience not only for the Christians of Iraq, but for all Iraqis,” the ambassador said.

The justices discusses the constitutionality of Arizona’s school tuition tax credit program.

If the proposed document is approved, any baptisms performed in either Catholic or Presbyterian churches after that would be mutually recognized.

Reading speeches has been the main activity at Roman Curia assemblies for as long as anyone can remember.

Religiously mixed marriages have shown a significant decline among American Catholics in the past 20 years.

Thomas P. Gaunt, S.J., was named executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.