The proposed law strives to provide justice for victims of religious violence and and hold law enforcement officials accountable for not stopping the violence.
A three-day conference on issues faced by Catholic advocates of comprehensive immigration reform is scheduled for Jan. 11-13 in Salt Lake City.
Christians represent nearly a third of the estimated 6.9 billion 2010 global population.
A Vatican official said that World AIDS Day is “a privileged moment to relaunch the fight against social prejudice.”
Climate change is a faith issue because it deals with God's creation and with poverty, said Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa.