Indiana's educational scholarship program was passed by the state legislature in the spring.
Havana’s Ladies in White asked the Catholic Church to mediate on their behalf with Cuba’s President Raul Castro to counter rising political harassment.
The Vatican forcefully denied undermining efforts by Irish bishops to protect children from sexual abuse.
Zhang Qingli, the Communist Party official who was in charge of Tibet during the crackdown on Buddhist protesters in 2008, is now the new party chief in Hebei.
A brief report from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate offers some statistics worth worrying over.