" Tragic Week for African Missionaries Priests in South Africa are targets for robbers because they are believed to have money, several clerics said after a French missionary became the fourth priest to be murdered in the country during 2009. Five people, including three teenagers, have been arrest
Cardinal Cahal Daly was remembered for his "sustained efforts in the promotion of justice and peace in Northern Ireland."
Edward Schillebeeckx served as theological adviser to the Dutch bishops during the Second Vatican Council.
A critical factor will be the doctors' evaluation concerning the woman's mental state and whether or not she was "of sound mind."
A total of four bishops have now resigned as a result of a recent report on how the Dublin Archdiocese covered up allegations of clerical sex abuse.
Orthodox Christians in predominantly Muslim Turkey "don't feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens," said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople.