The need for improved relationships and a rebuilding of trust in the church is the message that emerged from a meeting of the International Union of Superiors General, which opened in Rome on May 3. The conference brought together 800 leaders of women’s religious communities worldwide. The hea

The median age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2013 is 32; two-thirds are Caucasian.

Msgr. Romulo Sánchez has begun a dialogue with the country's main criminal gangs.

Nearly 2.5 million refugees are now scattered in camps in states bordering Syria.

The Rev. Scott Deeley, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, said that while the church “won’t be telling people how to vote” in the fall 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, “some bishops have indicated unofficially they’d have no p

“The whole country is in shock," a spokesman for the country's bishops said.

A national board reported "progress in developing robust safeguarding structures.”

The process to beatify and eventually canonize the slain archbishop has been “unblocked.”

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised an investigation after heavy fighting in Baga.

A Vatican-convoked commission of doctors concluded that a healing attributed to Blessed John Paul II had no natural explanation, a finding that could clear the way for the canonization of the pope. • U.S. Army Chaplain Stephen McDermott was awarded the Bronze Star in April for his service in Af