Millions of stockpiled cluster submunitions have been destroyed years ahead of deadlines mandated by an August 2010 treaty.
A tsunami followed by a volcano eruption in Indonesia claimed more than 400 lives and displaced thousands.
Religiously mixed marriages have shown a significant decline among American Catholics in the past 20 years.
Thomas P. Gaunt, S.J., was named executive director of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
The wave of deportations is remarkable both for the nakedness of its racism and the ugly shadows from history it has let loose.
Provincial superiors from around the world offered their support for a priest facing charges for inciting a riot.