“The economy is still leaving too many people without work,” wrote Bishop Stephen E. Blaire in a letter to Congress.
“We have seen escalating violence, brutal crackdowns and tremendous suffering by the Syrian people,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Vatican officials dismissed as baseless the accusations of “corruption and abuse of power” made by the archbishop who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States.
A federal court in Mississippi on Feb. 2 dismissed a 10-year-old lawsuit accusing the Vatican of complicity in a scheme to bilk insurance companies for more than $200 million.
The divide between the administration and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in this renewed culture war is deep.