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

The move followed the publication of the Cloyne Report on clerical sexual abuse and "denotes the seriousness of the situation," the Vatican said.

Archbishop Pietro Sambi was a career diplomat who also served as ambassador to Israel and Palestine.

On July 9, South Sudan officially broke free of the north and became the world’s newest independent state.

The report, The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes, tracks trends in U.S. Catholic parish life during the last decade.