On 15th March, in the Vatican decree published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), Pope Francis gave a pronouncement against blessing same-sex marriages, calling them "illicit" and "not ordered to the Creator's plan".

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Catholic church in Washington, D.C. regarding ban on religious bus advertisement.

Religious people are more afraid than Secular Americans according to the annual “Chapman Survey of American Fears.”

Many priests who were credibly accused of sexual abuse just ‘fled’ to foreign countries and smoothly found work there.

Catholic charity founder, Jean Vanier, sexually abused six women according to the report prepared by the UK-based GCPS Consulting group.