Manoj Pradhan, a leader of anti-Christian violence that rocked India’s eastern Orissa state in 2008, was convicted of murder on June 29.
A $7.3 billion pledge is not enough to stop millions of needless deaths and not enough for the G-8 leaders to say they've lived up to their responsibilities.
An independent research group said the leading industrial nations complied with a little more than half of the promises made in 2009.
A lower court ruled that an Oregon man could try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest.
The investigators are looking at contracts Cardinal Sepe made with government officials while he was head of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Gubernatorial front-runner Rodolfo Torre Cantu was gunned down along with four others 200 miles south of the Texas border.
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.
Advocates for the homeless see hopeful signs in a federal plan unveiled June 22 by the Obama administration.
The bishops of North America have called on their governments to address the economic root causes of hemispheric migration.