Bishop Fan spent decades in prison after a government crackdown in 1955.

Protests are growing in Sri Lanka over the security forces' arrest of two outspoken Catholic human rights activists under stringent terrorism laws."There is serious concern over the arrests and there will be a protest in Colombo soon," Jehan Perera, executive director of the National P

Vatican officials laicized a New Jersey priest who violated a 2007 court memorandum of understanding that prohibited unsupervised contact with minors.Michael Fugee, 53, is no longer a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, said James Goodness, archdiocesan communications director."There is no con

During a major, historic wave of Irish immigration to the United States at the turn of the last century, a tenacious Catholic effort helped one-third of the young, single Irish women who arrived in the Port of New York.An exhibit celebrating that aid was rededicated March 11 in the Lower Manhattan b

Does the Russian takeover of Crimea pose a threat to religious freedom in the region?

A coalition of nearly 200 Catholic dioceses, agencies and businesses has asked a federal court in Oklahoma to block enforcement of a Department of Health and Human Services mandate that it says would force its members to violate their religious beliefs. Under the banner of the recently formed Cathol

Deep economic problems and violent demonstrations in Venezuela have left Catholic charities struggling to supply food and medical supplies amid an increase in demand for services, said a top Catholic aid official."The situation has been getting worse over the last year, but now we're at the

Cardinal calls to keep but reinterpret doctrine for divorced and remarried.

Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George is preparing to undergo a new round of chemotherapy to address "current signs of activity of cancer cells surrounding his right kidney," according to a March 7 announcement by the Chicago Archdiocese.The cardinal has met with his medical team, which recom

Life-changing Jerusalem trip "informed and deepened the book in a way I never anticipated."