Bishop asking parishes to collect donations
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As the death toll continues to climb and the clean-up efforts begin in South Asia, Bishop Howard Hubbard is asking for a special collection to be taken for tsunami victims.
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The head of an influential group of Roman Catholic bishops called Tuesday for a new grass-roots revolt in the Philippines to fight endemic corruption.
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Nearly three decades after Washington area faith leaders founded a movement for affordable housing, there is a new push -- particularly in the District -- to revive the effort and get the clergy to see housing as an urgent mission field.
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MAXINE WATERS. I write to urge you to take immediate action to protect the life of Father Gerard Jean-Juste, the pastor of Saint Claire Church in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as well as
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Organisers of a tsunami relief collection for Sri Lanka appeal for help with transport  after overwhelming donations arrive.
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BOSTON Boston&#39;s Archbishop is telling catholics that the church&#39;s financial footing is &quot;much worse than people realize.
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Â· Medical chief urges new donor schemeÂ· Observer launches reform campaign
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The Archbishop of York backs an appeal fund for farmers who lost crops and livestock in the deluge.
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Joan Houk has ministered to the sick and needy, run two Roman Catholic parishes that were without priests and has presided over baptisms and funerals. Her calling now, she says, is to be a priest.
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Cardinal Justin Rigali is calling together hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese to hear from two people who were sexually abused by Roman Catholic clerics.
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Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher asked the pontiff Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to publicly declare repentance and express solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.
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Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will demand concessions from the bishops of the US Episcopal Church tomorrow.
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Parents at a state-funded faith state school  are being asked  for voluntary contributions of more than Â£1,200 a year.
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Â·  Survey calls for churches to work with policeÂ·   Clergy can be 'honest brokers' for young people
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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The ongoing sexual-abuse crisis. Dioceses declaring bankruptcy. What to do with Catholic politicians who don&#39;t hold to church teachings.
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Politicians in the Australian state of Victoria are asked to donate sperm to replenish dwindling supplies.