27 Nov 09 - RV) Over 100 parishes from the Archdioceses of Birmingham and Liverpool were represented recently at the celebrations to launch the new national Friends of the Holy Land Charity. At the cities main cathedrals, Archbishop Patrick Kelly

27 Nov 09 - RV) Climate change is high on the agenda for Commonwealth leaders today as they meet in Trinidad and Tobago to press for an effective international pact against global warming. It's host Prime Minister Patrick Manning said

27 Nov 09 - RV) Pakistan prepares to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which begins Saturday. Peter Jacob is the Executive Secretary for the National Commission for Justice and Peace, which is sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference.

27 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI says immigrant children must be fully integrated into their new societies and protected from the risks of exploitation. Pope Benedict made the appeal in a message published Friday to mark the church's

27 Nov 09 - RV) A number of countries getting on board to attend next months key climate talks in Copenhagan. Canada's prime minister said he will be attending the talks after both China and the US announced their respective

27 Nov 09 - RV) It was a day of violence in Iraq yesterday as four people were killed and at least 32 others wounded in two separate bombings south of Baghdad yesterday. The attacks came on the eve of

26 Nov 09 - RV) India marked the 1st anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai on Thursday. We spoke with the communications director for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, Fr. Babu Joseph...

Looking ahead to the next round of Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission talks which are set to begin next autumn...

Changing views on assisted suicide, support for Christians in the Holy Land and Anglican-Catholic relations were discussed by the bishops of England and Wales....

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin responds to the Dublin Archdiocese Commission report, released on Thursday, which details decades of child sexual abuse by Irish priests...

26 Nov 09 - RV) On Thursday the Vatican published Pope Benedict's message to the Church in Vietnam to mark the 350 th anniversary of Catholicism in the country. "The Jubilee for the Church in Vietnam is a time of

26 Nov 09 - RV)Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, led Thanksgiving celebrations in Rome this Thursday, with thanksgiving mass in Santa Susanna, the National church in Rome of The

26 Nov 09 - RV)The long awaited Dublin Archdiocese Commission report into how allegations of child sex abuse by priests were handled by church and State authorities was published on Thursday by the Irish Minister for Justice and Minister of

25 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI at his Wednesday general audience spoke about how the world would be a very different place if people live by the example of love found in the Holy Trinity. We have this

25 Nov 09 - RV) Wednesday is the 10th annual International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Angelika Mendes is the regional communications officer for Jesuit Refugee Service based in Kenya. She told us a story of one

25 Nov 09 - RV) United Nations experts on Wednesday said the massive U.N. peacekeeping effort in eastern Congo has failed to deliver a knockout blow to Rwandan rebels while local insurgents have seized new territory under its nose. Congo's

Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our continuing catechesis on the Christian culture of the Middle Ages, we now turn to two outstanding twelfth-century theologians associated with the monastery of Saint Victor in Paris. Hugh of Saint Victor stressed the importance

25 Nov 09 - RV) Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence this morning for a man they claim spread terror across Cambodia. Kelsea Brennan-Wessels has this report:

25 Nov 09 - RV) In Thailand, people are wearing white ribbons today to mark the World Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The day is an annual recurrence sponsored by the United Nations to raise awareness and

24 Nov 09 - RV) The Vatican Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity says that the third phase of dialogue between the Roman Catholic church and Anglican Communion could begin within the next year. Known as ARCIC, the dialogue