Signs Of the Times

“These people have no alternative but to entrust themselves to human smugglers who often treat them as meat,” said one human rights worker.

The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life criticized a hasty public declaration of the excommunication of the girls mother and doctors.

The Diocese of Meru has developed a ritual called An Alternative Rite of Passage, which formally marks a girls passage into adolescence.

Prelates in several Latin American countries have spoken about the problem of drug trafficking in recent months.

Mauricio Funes (left), a journalist and proponent of liberation theology, was elected president of El Salvador on March 15.

While thirteen Israelis died during the conflict, at least 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, perished.

Homeland Security plans to deploy federal agents to the southern border region are receiving mixed reviews from Mexican Catholic officials.

The archbishop said Randall Terry told him the videotaped interview would be used to encourage pro-life workers in their cause.

The Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.