In a brief statement today Pope Francis set Archbishop Oscar Romero on a course to canonization by confirming his death as a martydomAccording to the Vatican release quot Promulgation of Decrees of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints quot Today the Holy Father Francis received in privat

The Archdiocese of St. Paul - Minneapolis on Jan.16 became the 12th U.S. Catholic diocese to file for bankruptcy protection—and the second largest ever to do so (after San Diego)—because of the increasingly unmanageable costs of settlements and future claims that have resulted from sexua

While Western media has been transfixed by the attacks and hostage taking conducted by Islamic extremists in Paris in Nigeria 39 s northern Borno state another Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram has been conducting an unprecedented rampage this week that may have claimed as many as 2 000 lives

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Human rights groups deplores 'silence of the international community' in face of war crimes.

Three-term New York Governor Mario Cuomo passed away on New Year 39 s Day at the age of 82 only hours after his son Andrew Cuomo was inaugurated in Manhattan for a second term as governor ldquo He couldn rsquo t be here physically today my father rdquo Andrew Cuomo said during his inaugural a

Watching a Vatican-brokered diplomatic breakthrough in De-cember that may lead to the normalization of relations between the United States and the island nation of Cuba, Eusebio Mujal-León was hardly a disinterested bystander. A professor at Georgetown University, Mujal-León is the director of a G

Watching a Vatican-brokered diplomatic breakthrough in December that may lead to the normalization of relations between the United States and the island-nation of Cuba Eusebio Mujal-Le n was hardly a disinterested bystander A professor and former Chair of the Department of Government at Georgetow