VATICAN CITY — The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delayed at the request of Bishop Salvatore Matano of Rochester due to concerns that Sheen could be cited in the final report covering an ongoing state attorney general’s investigation into New York’s bishops and dioceses.

QUEBEC CITY, Canada — Quebec's health minister announced Friday that the province will open a consultation on allowing euthanasia for people who can no longer give informed consent or who will die of an illness in the more distant future.

JERUSALEM — The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land condemned vandalism attacks in two Arab villages and called on Israeli authorities to "investigate seriously" what they termed hate crimes.

INDIANAPOLIS — Outside, a cold drizzle dampened Indianapolis Nov. 21. Inside the city's convention center, however, it seemed as if the pure joy and enthusiasm of 20,000 people -- mostly high school youths -- would have held off the damp chill even if the building hadn't.

BALTIMORE — One year after the U.S. bishops approved their pastoral letter against racism, the document is hardly just sitting on a shelf but is the basis for listening sessions in dioceses around the country and is an educational tool for individuals, schools and parishes, the bishops were told Nov. 13.