Wheeling Jesuit University will end its Jesuit affiliation at the end of the current academic year.

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops termed as "a great evil" the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country's minority Christian community as worshippers packed three churches.

The fee would be $27.20 per semester and the figure represents the 1838 sale of 272 enslaved individuals by the Maryland province of the Society of Jesus province for the benefit of Georgetown University.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill that would make it illegal to carry out an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Franciscan Father Sean O. Sheridan, president of Franciscan University of Steubenville since 2013 submitted his resignation to the university's board of trustees.

The introduction of "no-fault" divorces in the United Kingdom will undermine marriages from the outset, said the Catholic bishops of England and Wales.

The bishop was charged April 9 with rape, illegal confinement and intimidation.

A copy of the letter was released late April 4 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

More than 140 religious leaders called on President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and congressional leaders to uphold principles of religious freedom following a series of attacks on people of faith, clergy and houses of worship.

The former bishop of Mindong, China, Bishop Guo Xijin, is doubtful that he will be allowed to concelebrate Holy Thursday Mass because of his unclear status with Chinese authorities.