The Bishop of Lancaster has said he shares “the profound sense of shock and loss that so many are feeling” at the news of the deaths and injuries in West Cumbria.

The Vatican has deplored the "useless loss of life" in an assault by Israeli commandos on a flotilla of ships taking aid to the Gaza Strip.

The Vatican has accepted the resignation of an Irish-born Archbishop accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Nigeria before having a 20-year affair with her.

The Vatican has announced the appointment of Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston to oversee the apostolic visitation of the Church in Dublin and Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor to oversee the visitation of the Archdiocese of Armagh.

Members of the Confederation of the Society of St Vincent de Paul are holding an extraordinary general assembly in Spain which will conclude on Wednesday.

A senior Vatican official who is responsible for disciplining priests who sexually abuse children has warned the perpetrators that they will suffer damnation in hell which will be worse than the death penalty.

Survivors of Haiti's earthquake are facing growing mental health challenges that pose serious risks to the country's recovery according to a priest-psychologist working in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

Representatives of justice and peace commissions from churches in 46 African countries meeting in Mozambique identified  good governance, peace-building and the role of women as issues of primary concern to Catholics in Africa.

The National Secular Society is taking a court case against Bideford Town Council in Devon in a bid to stop the council's practice of holding prayers before meetings.

An Irish radio presenter has been criticised by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland over an unfair interview with one of Ireland's top psychiatrists, who is a Catholic, over the clerical sex abuse scandal.