Eastern rite Catholic bishops of the U.S. will take their concerns about persecution of Christians in the Mideast, while also seeking to support Armenian Catholics in approaching the USCCB on commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to accept a church-state case that involves the Archdiocese of St. Louis MO.

The murderer faces the possibility of parole, and avoided confinement with adult criminals.

Alyssa Bustamante is awaiting sentence for the 2009 murder of a playmate.

David Clohessy, of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, had a brother - a Catholic priest - who was accused of sexual molestation.