WASHINGTON – In the weeks since a Wisconsin federal judge ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, one thing has been certain: People have strong feelings both for and against prayer.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will name a personal delegate with authority over the Legionaries of Christ and a commission to study its constitutions, the first steps toward a profound reform of the order, the Vatican said.Read More

NEW DELHI – Catholics in a western Indian diocese say they are baffled by the murder of a 74-year-old priest.Read More

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the wake of the international media frenzy surrounding the story of a Tennessee woman who recently sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia unaccompanied, Carrie Krenson of Nashville’s Cathedral of the Incarnation is eager to share her “boring old story” of adopting two children from Russia.Read More

WASHINGTON – Two recent outbreaks of violence that claimed nearly 1,000 lives in northern Nigeria show that the country’s political leaders are unable to effectively resolve conflicts that transcend both socio-economic and religious issues, said a U.S. government commission.Read More

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Calling for an end to the nation’s “enslavement to legal abortion,” Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life announced April 27 that a series of “freedom rides” for the unborn would begin this summer.Read More

WASHINGTON – Citing concerns that some groups funded by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development fail to follow church teaching, Bishop Lawrence E. Brandt of Greensburg, Pa., has withdrawn support for the U.S. bishops’ nationwide anti-poverty program.Read More

VATICAN CITY – After nine years of work involving Vatican officials, English-speaking bishops around the world and hundreds of consultants, Pope Benedict XVI received a complete version of the English translation of the Roman Missal.Read More