President Obama called the earthquake in Haiti an ldquo incomprehensible tragedy rdquo He rsquo s right But is there any tragedy that is comprehensible By what measure do we comprehend something like this What could ever make it so understandable that we can eliminate from our hearts and minds

CNN has had the best coverage by far of the Haitian earthquake nbsp The network and its reporter Anderson Cooper who was apparently one of the first journalists to enter Port-au-Prince after the earthquake is to be greatly commended for bringing this nbsp immense human tragedy into our

We have just posted an online slide show of images from Haiti Thanks to CNS and Reuters Tim Reidy nbsp

This weekend the government of El Salvador will issue a formal apology for its persecution of the Jesuit order during the bloody civil war of the 1980s This comes a couple of months after the honouring six priests killed 20 years ago For all the murdered priests nuns catechists and ordinary ch

As one result of the earthquake in Haiti much USA and world military energy is being transformed and directed toward humanitarian aid nbsp An aircraft carrier outfitted for war will bring fresh water and medicines to the citizens of Port-au-Prince Helicopters designed to convey soldiers to the b

Archbishop Raymond Burke Prefect of the Apostolic Singatura delivered the homily at the Red Mass in Pheonix Tuesday In his remarks he said of America It is a society which is abandoning its Judeo-Christian foundations the fundamental obedience to God rsquo s law which safeguards the common go