How the story of a simple young woman from Nazareth has influenced the Christian imagination.
Bishop Hubbard called the New Start treaty a “modest step toward a world with greater respect for human life.”
Eight bishops in communion with Pope Benedict XVI laid their hands on Father Guo, whose ordination was illicit in the eyes of the church.
“This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach," said Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.
The current outbreak of cholera has aggravated an already difficult situation for Haitians, the bishops said.
The Christian community was outraged by the acquittal on of a rich Muslim man accused of murdering a young Christian girl.