America Staff

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the report shows Americans that human trafficking is “not someone else’s problem.”

“Your work, your passion, your commitment helped make the difference,” President Obama said.

The grants are specifically designated for programs that provide a voice for fishermen and the communities affected by the spill.

Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia said it was impossible to accurately count the injured because the Uzbeks are afraid to go the hospital.

A priest identified only as Father Joseph admitted his church needed to mobilize the faithful to care for migrant workers.

Advocates for Haitian peasants said the company’s donation of hybrid vegetable seeds will harm the island-nation’s agriculture.

Presenting the working document for the special Synod of Bishops on the Middle East, Pope Benedict XVI prayed for “just and lasting solutions” to the region’s conflicts.

Inhabitants of low-lying islands across the Pacific know climate change is very real if rising sea levels are any indication.

The bishop’s driver was arrested as the prime suspect in the murder and confessed, Vatican Radio said.