Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United States since 2006, “enjoyed the highest respect and deepest affection” of the nation’s Catholics, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan said.

The ongoing drought and famine afflicting Somalia and other East African nations is "a humanitarian crisis that cries out for help to Christians throughout the world."

On July 9, South Sudan officially broke free of the north and became the world’s newest independent state.

The report, The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes, tracks trends in U.S. Catholic parish life during the last decade.

The Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster convened a conference in July aimed at supporting the beleaguered Christian community.

An investigation by a government panel suggests a continuing failure of the Irish church to implement its own child protection procedures.