- May 16 – “Big Brother” is big business?
- May 19 – Pope ties Church movements Mass to Pentecost
- May 13 – Poll: Many Protestant Pastors Lean Toward Young Earth Creation
- May 15 – New spectre of cloned babies: Scientists create embryos in lab that ‘could grow to full term’
- May 21 – Gallup Poll: Majority Now Say Gay Sex, Unwed Births, Are Morally OK
- May 16 – Natural Disasters Displaced 32.4 Million People In 2012, IDMC Study Shows
- May 21 – Final Declaration from the IV Christian-Buddhist Colloquium
- May 22 – Pope says no to intolerance, everyone can and must do good, even atheists
