Pope Francis appealed to South Sudan leaders to “lower the tension in the country” as Catholic bishops in Sudan and South Sudan expressed alarm at the escalating violence in the world’s youngest nation and warned of a catastrophe if full-scale war returns.

The Archdiocese of Montreal has created a non-profit entity to help to match the real estate assets and financial needs of Catholic parishes with the needs of the local community.

Having turned down a request to fly the Vatican flag at City Hall to commemorate Pope John Paul II Day, the City of Toronto has sown more confusion surrounding its religious imagery policy.

Fr. Leo Fernandes fondly remembers Archbishop Murray Chatlain when he was a fresh-faced seminarian in his early 20s studying theology at St. Peter’s Seminary in London, Ont.

A Satanic group's effort to conduct a "black mass" at the Kansas Statehouse March 28 turned violent, leading to arrests, while across the street the state's Catholic archbishop led hundreds in peaceful prayer before the Eucharist for those who "seek to mock our merciful God."