There is this erroneous notion that its unconstitutional if we are talking to religious leaders around the world, said Thomas F. Farr.

The Benedictine priest Stanley L. Jaki (left), a Hungarian-born author, physicist, philosopher and theologian, died on April 7 in Madrid.

The diocese recently announced a new initiative to encourage area Catholics to conserve water and energy.

An estimated 150,000 ethnic Tamils are still trapped in a small patch of Tamil-controlled area in the northeast of the island country.

"This is a step in the right direction," said Father Jose Espino, a priest of the Miami Archdiocese and a Cuban native.

Tom McCluskey, vice president of FRC Action, the legislative arm of the Washington-based Family Research Council, said the effort to ratify amendments to the U.S. Constitution may provide a better analogy for state-by-state campaigns to restrict abortion than efforts to abolish the death penalty. Bu