At a press conference in Washington, D.C., two Congressmen urged Obama to forgo rescinding the Bush administration's conscience-protection regulation.
Father Robert J. Cornell died May 10 at St. Norbert Abbey in De Pere, Wis.
Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Israel on May 11, the midpoint of his eight-day pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Migrants and refugees tend to be the first to lose their jobs, in part because "their status is called into question."
The "Oppose Destructive Stem-Cell Research campaign encourages viewers to express opposition to proposed federal guidelines.
A relief worker who recently returned from Pakistan's Swat Valley said the civilians displaced by a government crackdown face "horrible conditions."
Only 48 residents of the Gaza Stripabout half as many as originally reportedwere able to attend the papal Mass in Bethlehem.