The Vatican has urged Iraq not to carry out the death sentence meted out to Iraq’s former foreign minister Tariq Aziz.

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.

“The rationale for our initiative has been severely distorted by some special-interest groups,” Kevin Cook said.

Giving to the 400 largest charities in the United States was down 11 percent overall in 2009.

A bullet fragment was found in an office belonging to Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga.