Colombian authorities said a Catholic priest led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres.

Bishop Gerald Kicanas said the new law “does not address the critical need for border security to confront drug smuggling...and human trafficking.”

The bishops of England and Wales asked Catholics to carry out acts of penance to help atone for clerical abuse crimes.

Pope Benedict XVI is planning to create a department charged with overseeing the “re-evangelization” of traditionally Christian countries.

More than 3,500 attended the first traditional Latin Mass in decades at the National Shrine.

Mexican priests have been transferred to other parishes or even moved to other parts of the country because of threats.