TORONTO - Ontario is violating basic principles of democracy and CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp international treaty obligations by keeping abortion statistics secret, according to the Ontario Civil Liberties Association.

DUBLIN - Catholic bishops have not made any decision on whether priests should decline to perform civil aspects of weddings if a May 22 referendum on same-sex marriage is passed.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis said the Catholic Church must find new ways to integrate the divorced and civilly remarried in the life of the church and to make it easier for Catholic families to accept their homosexual members.