DUBLIN, Ireland – Two leading Irish Catholic churchmen welcomed news that a government commission will investigate the child-protection policy and practices in the Diocese of Cloyne.Read More
BANGKOK, Thailand – Catholic and Protestant leaders said they have urged Christians to stay neutral and pray for peace in the country, which remains deeply divided in a protracted political crisis.Read More
PORTLAND, Maine – The bishop of Portland has warned an advocate for abuse victims to stay away from him and the cathedral or risk being arrested and losing the right to participate in the church’s sacraments.Read More
WASHINGTON – After an unexpected outpouring of support, a small Catholic TV studio was able to continue airing its weekly 26-minute program on Latvia’s state-owned television station.Read More
Two days after President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated, thousands of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore will join tens of thousands of prolife supporters from across the country in urging the new president and Congress to protect the sanctity of life.Read More
WASHINGTON – In the 10 years since Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., began offering ministry guidance and aids on its Web site, the technology has exploded and so has the audience of the Catholic Web site, which received more than 21 million hits in the past year.Read More
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – With Rhode Island’s unemployment rate one of the highest in the nation, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence has announced a new weekly feature to connect unemployed Rhode Islanders with companies offering jobs.Read More
FAISALABAD, Pakistan – Church leaders in eastern Pakistan have demanded an end to American military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Israeli attack on Gaza.Read More
WASHINGTON – Father Richard John Neuhaus, a former Lutheran minister who became a Catholic priest and a staunch defender of church teaching on abortion and other life issues, died Jan. 8. He was 72.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Saying the future of the world was at stake, Pope Benedict XVI called for major new efforts to reduce global poverty, end regional conflicts and restore ethics to global financial systems.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The Gaza Strip increasingly is looking like “a big concentration camp” while egoism, hatred, poverty and injustice are fueling the continual slaughter in the Holy Land, said a top Vatican official.Read More