“It is an extremely painful experience not only for the Christians of Iraq, but for all Iraqis,” the ambassador said.

The justices discusses the constitutionality of Arizona’s school tuition tax credit program.

If the proposed document is approved, any baptisms performed in either Catholic or Presbyterian churches after that would be mutually recognized.

Reading speeches has been the main activity at Roman Curia assemblies for as long as anyone can remember.

Baghdad residents were still trying to make sense out of an orgy of violence at the city’s Syriac Catholic cathedral on Oct. 31.

The State Department made it clear that it wants the independence vote in south Sudan set for January 2011 to be held as scheduled.