A car bomb exploded on Aug. 2 outside the Holy Family Syrian Catholic church in the city of Kirkuk, leaving at least 20 people injured.
The report, The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes, tracks trends in U.S. Catholic parish life during the last decade.
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.
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.
On July 9, South Sudan officially broke free of the north and became the world’s newest independent state.
Pope Benedict opened a new Vatican Internet news portal with the first-ever papal tweet on June 28.
Faith leaders say they will devote time during or after worship services to explaining the legislation.
A source from the Catholic Diocese of Banmaw claimed that the Burmese government “does nothing to help civilian refugees."