The uproar surrounding a woman who was acquitted of blasphemy draws attention to their plight.

‘Love. That’s why I did it,’ Ari Mahler writes in a Facebook post about caring for Robert Bowers.

James Miller was killed out of hatred for the Catholic faith during Guatemala’s civil war.

Women have often complained they have a second-class status in the church.

The group says they raised human rights issues including the killing of a columnist.

The petition called for a cardinal to resign over his handling of child sexual abuse cases.

The document condemns abortion and same-sex marriage and says those who don’t follow biblical law should be punished.