The government stands accused of nullifying nearly 1,600 birth certificates belonging to residents of Haitian descent.
The charges were brought in connection with the diocese’s handling of the case of the Rev. Shawn Ratigan.
Pope Benedict XVI appealed for immediate and long-term relief for the world’s hungry, saying adequate nourishment is a fundamental part of the right to life.
An activist on behalf of indigenous communities on Mindanao in the Philippines, the Rev.Fausto Tentorio, 59, was killed by gunfire on Oct. 17.
As has been widely reported, on Oct. 7 a prominent Protestant minister, appearing at an event featuring Republican presidential hopefuls, called Mormonism a cult. But even before the controversy and media focus on Mormonism sparked by that remark, Gallup polls in 2011 found that 22 percent of Americ
Halloween was not always fun. To the ancient Celts, it was deadly serious.