A Roman Catholic church official who won an appeal of his landmark conviction in the priest-abuse scandal has left a Pennsylvania prison after 18 months behind bars.

If similar surveys were undertaken in other countries, the results would be pretty much the same, writes Fr Seán McDonagh

A US Roman Catholic Archbishop has labelled Barack Obama the “most committed” abortion-rights candidate from a major party in 35 years while accusing Democratic-friendly Catholic groups of doing a “disservice to the church”.

THE Rev James Dobson is endorsing a candidate for the White House for the first time. He says he had a dream.