The victory was the first time in decades that a sitting vice president on the ballot did not win the election for president.

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston told Irish Catholics he came “to listen to your pain, your anger, but also your hopes and aspirations.”

A new report from the Truth Commission on Conscience in War calls for the U.S. military to allow for “selective conscientious objection.”

The archbishop said ordaining married men is the most naturally pastoral response to every Catholic’s need for regular access to the sacraments.

Later this month a parish in western Poland will dedicate what it says is the world’s largest statue of Christ.

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