The religious order said approval of the pipeline violated the sisters' right to practice their faith under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and they asked that it be rerouted.

Outspoken Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to curb his tirades against the Catholic Church after agreeing to a moratorium on statements deriding priests and bishops.

A court in the eastern Indian city of Ranchi sent a Missionaries of Charity nun to 14 days of judicial custody July 5 after she was arrested on charges of child trafficking.

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged U.S. senators July 6 not to support using the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion as a litmus test for confirming judicial nominees.

The juvenile was charged with arson in the first degree, according to a June 20 news release from the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, he was 13 at the time of the offense.

Although the executive order President Donald Trump signed ended the policy of separating children from their parents by directing that families be detained together as they await criminal proceedings, the over 2,000 children already separated from their parents will suffer for the rest of their lives as a result of the separation, according to Sriram.

Catholic Extension announced it has established a Family Reunification Fund as "a response to the human tragedy unfolding on the nation's southern border" with Mexico.

The retired archbishop of Washington said he will no longer exercise any public ministry "in obedience" to the Vatican after an allegation he abused a teenager almost 50 years ago has been found credible.

The U.S. bishops "cannot, in good faith, endorse" an immigration bill submitted by the House's Republican leadership, said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Migration.

An Australian missionary nun ordered by Philippine authorities to leave the country is still in danger of being deported, despite winning a reprieve from the Justice Department, said a top government official.