Homeland Security plans to deploy federal agents to the southern border region are receiving mixed reviews from Mexican Catholic officials.
The Diocese of Meru has developed a ritual called An Alternative Rite of Passage, which formally marks a girls passage into adolescence.
President Obama said he would be happy to avoid ethical disputes if alternatives to embryonic stem-cell research turn out to be equally promising.
While thirteen Israelis died during the conflict, at least 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, perished.
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life criticized a hasty public declaration of the excommunication of the girls mother and doctors.
The Vatican does not have clear guidelines for applying the principle of reciprocity, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
Mauricio Funes (left), a journalist and proponent of liberation theology, was elected president of El Salvador on March 15.