After the new cardinals are created, all the “princes of the church” are scheduled to vote on the canonization of several new saints.

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France rejected calls for secular values to be enshrined in his country’s constitution.

Seventy-nine percent of respondents said they would not allow abortion after the first trimester.

Prison chaplain Robert Coogan accused Mexican security forces of committing sacrilege after they tore apart his chapel during a raid on Jan. 24.

“We cannot—we will not—comply with this unjust law,” declared Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix in a diocesan letter.

The media report alleges that the former general of the commission that governs Vatican City discovered “chaotic management” and overspending.