The vice chancellor had to be escorted out of the church, over the sanctuary and through the back entrance, protected by clergy, peace monitors and organizers of the meeting.

Given the recent move on Mosul, Iraqi Christians hope their time in exile is soon coming to an end.

The candidates tried their best to inject some humor into the final stretch of a particularly rancorous campaign.

"Since genuine attempts to dialogue and find a resolution to the crisis seem to have ended, Trinity is regrettably no longer available as a venue for meeting," the Jesuits said.

Smith was a man who believed that faith in God was not incompatible with faith in the people.

Two Catholic organizations are calling on physicians to urge the American Medical Association to maintain its current stance against physician-assisted suicide. The call from the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Catholic Bioethics Center