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“We have seen escalating violence, brutal crackdowns and tremendous suffering by the Syrian people,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

A federal court in Mississippi on Feb. 2 dismissed a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing the Vatican of complicity in a scheme to bilk insurance companies for more than $200 million.

“The economy is still leaving too many people without work,” wrote Bishop Stephen E. Blaire in a letter to Congress.

Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made by the archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States.

Archbishop Murilo Krieger of Salvador, Brazil, is mediating a military police officer strike that has caused havoc and left at least 95 people dead in Bahia State. • The Irish government has decided to cut special grants to Irish families meant to cover the cost of first Communion and confirmat

Second Sunday of Lent (B), March 4, 2012

Running alone helped me pray; running with a companion helped form friendships that endure to today.