Auxiliary Bishop Gerald Wilkerson of Los Angeles said new California laws "dramatically increase the availability of abortion" in the state

In 2011, Bob Hentzen walked 8,000 miles across South America to find sponsors for 8,000 impoverished children.

The task force, made entirely of laypeople, will review the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis' policies and "any and all issues" related to clergy sexual misconduct.

Poland's Catholic bishops apologized for sexual abuse of children by priests and defended the Polish church's record on tackling abuse.

On Tuesday, the Vatican warned churches not to get ahead of Pope Francis and take the reform process into their own hands.

"Women & Spirit" chronicles the 300-year contribution of religious women in the U.S., including their nursing of Civil War soldiers and epidemic victims.

We say: Catholics mistrust bishops because they are not held accountable for their wrongdoing: They stay in office and are even promoted.