Violence, poverty, unemployment, hunger and precarious living conditions continue to make life difficult for Salvadorans nearly 20 years after the 1992 end of the 12-year civil war.

An investigation by a government panel suggests a continuing failure of the Irish church to implement its own child protection procedures.

On July 19 Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Justin Rigali of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and named Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., of Denver to succeed him.

Pope Benedict XVI condemned the violence and called for an end to hatred and ideologies that promote evil.

The bishop of Toledo, Ohio, has prohibited parishes and parochial schools from raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which conducts breast cancer research

It was the third episcopal ordination this year arranged by China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs that had not received papal approval.