The one-hour appearance by Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, had created an uproar.

The tragedy ranks among the deadliest in recent years on the often-treacherous sea voyage along the central Mediterranean by refugees and migrants.

On April 19, Cardinal Timothy Dolan opened the canonical inquiry on the life of the Catholic Worker movement founder.

The city has been under a state of emergency for more than four months, and people there are using filters and bottled water.

"The process should be no longer characterized by the absolutist presumptions of an antiquated legal system that has nothing to do with the Gospel."

Sister Clare Theresa Crockett, 33, of Londonderry, died while leading children to safety in a school at Playa Prieta.