The church’s unwillingness to begin “a painful process of renewal” in the wake of the abuse scandal has left Diarmuid Martin “disheartened and discouraged.”
The pope made his strongest remarks to date on sexual abuse cases at a press conference on May 11 during his flight to Portugal.
A new poll shows that U.S. Catholics’ approval of Pope Benedict XVI’s job performance dropped a “dramatic” 15 points over the past two years.
The Catholic University Students' Centre of Thailand has been encouraging its members to meet members of fueding political parties.
The scorched head of Mary is all that remains of the Nagasaki cathedral destroyed by the atomic bomb.
“You also can’t underestimate the value of pastoral presence,” said Gordon Wage of Catholic Charities.
At least four people died when buses carrying Christian university students was bombed near the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Pope Benedict XVI is planning to create a department charged with overseeing the “re-evangelization” of traditionally Christian countries.
More than 3,500 attended the first traditional Latin Mass in decades at the National Shrine.
An election victory for Iraq’s more secular parties is not tempting Iraqi Christian refugees to return home,