President Goodluck Jonathan has promised an investigation after heavy fighting in Baga.

A Vatican-convoked commission of doctors concluded that a healing attributed to Blessed John Paul II had no natural explanation, a finding that could clear the way for the canonization of the pope. • U.S. Army Chaplain Stephen McDermott was awarded the Bronze Star in April for his service in Af

"We must forgive and fight for union to prevail over division," the bishops said.

The peace advocate Immaculée Ilibagiza became an American citizen on April 17.

The Assumption Catholic Parish is one of the largest church communities in West, Tex.

For nearly two decades the people of the Congo have known nothing but conflict.