Millions of stockpiled cluster submunitions have been destroyed years ahead of deadlines mandated by an August 2010 treaty.
Religiously mixed marriages have shown a significant decline among American Catholics in the past 20 years.
The State Department made it clear that it wants the independence vote in south Sudan set for January 2011 to be held as scheduled.
A tsunami followed by a volcano eruption in Indonesia claimed more than 400 lives and displaced thousands.
Thomas P. Gaunt, S.J., was named executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
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Yeats is on my mind, following last evening's election returns. Remember the line? "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold