"The new guidelines now extend to clerics, order members and other employees in the church's service," said Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier, the bishops' representative for sex abuse issues. "They depend on people actively serving

The president of the Spanish Forum on the Family, Benigno Blanco, has accused the government of “encouraging promiscuity” among students through a booklet titled “Staying Healthy in School.

Erin Persinger is a good student at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers who enjoys volunteering in her community, hanging out with friends and participating in sports.

World Youth Day (WYD) Madrid has opened four more language-specific pages on Facebook, bringing its total Facebook pages to 18. The pages were created thanks to young volunteers who see the importance of having WYD information available in their o

Pop singer Stanislaus Alexander Liauw Delon Thamrin, runner-up in the 2004 Indonesian Idol contest, drew a large crowd for a West Java Catholic youth festival, which aimed to help young people find life partners.

Catholics in Mymensingh diocese in northeastern Bangladesh say they need to help the tribal Garo language survive the onslaught of the predominantly local Bengali culture.

“We don’t have a special campaign against it,” said Father Luke Moortgat, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Commission on Health Care.

Community spirituality is fading because of liberalism, hedonism and capitalism, Jocelyne warned in his speech. “The Family of Nazareth is a simple family. Our mission is living a life that serves and loves others in any situation,” th