The Rev. Scott Deeley, assistant chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, said that while the church “won’t be telling people how to vote” in the fall 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, “some bishops have indicated unofficially they’d have no p

The Food and Drug Administration “acted irresponsibly” with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “No public health consideration justifies the unsup

The need for improved relationships and a rebuilding of trust in the church is the message that emerged from a meeting of the International Union of Superiors General, which opened in Rome on May 3. The conference brought together 800 leaders of women’s religious communities worldwide. The hea

The median age of men ordained to the priesthood in 2013 is 32; two-thirds are Caucasian.

Msgr. Romulo Sánchez has begun a dialogue with the country's main criminal gangs.

A Philadelphia judge dismissed three of eight murder charges on April 23 in the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist accused of killing infants who had been born alive at his abortion clinic. Gosnell was arrested in January 2011 and charged with seven counts of infanticide and one

“The whole country is in shock," a spokesman for the country's bishops said.

A national board reported "progress in developing robust safeguarding structures.”

The process to beatify and eventually canonize the slain archbishop has been “unblocked.”

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised an investigation after heavy fighting in Baga.