America Staff

Among those turning 75 this year is Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia.

The recently discovered remains reveal new information about how people lived during Jesus’ lifetime.

The effort to give stockholders a “say on pay” gained traction in 2009 as 38 public companies said they would address compensation issues.

Thailand’s Catholic aid agency was refused access to more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong asylum seekers as Thai soldiers arrived to deport them to Laos.

Relief agencies are preparing for “thousands and thousands” of dead and injured in the wake of the worst earthquake to strike Haiti in two centuries.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan said all the funds collected in New York would be routed through Catholic Relief Services.

A major study of the values and aspirations of Latino youth paints a portrait of optimism and enthusiasm in the face of significant struggles.

A total of four bishops have now resigned as a result of a recent report on how the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of clerical sex abuse.

The convicted killer of Sister Dorothy Stang, a missionary to Brazil from the United States, withdrew his request for a new trial on Dec. 9.

Orthodox Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey “don’t feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens,” said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.