An election victory for Iraq’s more secular parties is not tempting Iraqi Christian refugees to return home,
Colombian authorities said a Catholic priest led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres.
Bishop Gerald Kicanas said the new law “does not address the critical need for border security to confront drug smuggling...and human trafficking.”
An Irish government spokesman said that amount, even added to the large sums already paid by religious orders, was still insufficient.
Mexican priests have been transferred to other parishes or even moved to other parts of the country because of threats.
The pope was “deeply moved by their stories and expressed his shame and sorrow over what victims and their families have suffered.”
The Archdiocese of Chicago is seeking the canonization of the Rev. Augustine Tolton, the first U.S. priest of African descent.
