Updated each day:
- Chinese bishop in hiding after refusal to register with Communist authorities
- Pope calls Catholics in Thailand to follow in footsteps of early missionaries
- Pro-life stem cell research finds success—and seeks more support
- Merciful care should affirm the dignity of the sick, pope tells Catholic hospital in Thailand
- In a meeting with Thailand's Supreme Buddhist Patriarch, Pope Francis encourages peace
- Strive for unity amid diversity, Pope Francis tells authorities in Thailand
- Tokyo archbishop: Japanese Shinto celebrations be a chance for evangelization
- Opposition activists hold hunger strikes in Nicaraguan churches
- Knights of Columbus give hundreds of new coats to Denver’s homeless before snowfall
- Catholic Church in India launches website to help widows remarry
- Support for religious freedom still strong despite culture wars
- Prosecutor calls for arrest of Vatican bishop charged with abusing Argentine seminarians
- Third judge finds against conscience protection rule for medical workers
- Lebanon on the brink: Syrian crisis threatens 'last safe haven' for Christians
- Thai bishop: Pope’s visit a significant moment for small Catholic community
