Sculptures and statues of the priest and scientist Matteo Ricci, S.J., are appearing throughout China.
The disputed report claims that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spent $26.6 million in 2009 on advocacy and outreach.
"For millions of American workers and their families, economic hardship continues and grows," said Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif.
The Rhode Island governor's decision “to avoid the word Christmas” in an invitation to a “holiday tree lighting” ceremony “is most disheartening and divisive,” said Bishop Thomas Tobin.
Kinshasa Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo challenges election results in Democratoc Republic of Congo.
A Vatican official said that World AIDS Day is “a privileged moment to relaunch the fight against social prejudice.”
There is no safe nuclear power despite a government’s assurance of safe nuclear energy, a visiting Japanese nuclear expert said in a lecture at the Catholic Center in Tokyo.
Climate change is a faith issue because it deals with God's creation and with poverty, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.
The administration it exploribng the wording of a religious exemption to a mandate that future health plans must cover contraceptives and sterilizations.