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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A Haitian judge said some of the 10 U.S. missionaries arrested on charges of child kidnapping would be released Wednesday, nearly three weeks after they were caught trying to take a group of children out of the quake-stricken country. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil would not specify how many people would be released, but…

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican plans to make some of its World War II archives available on the Internet soon to calm down the controversy over Pope Pius XII’s actions during the Holocaust. The Vatican’s newspaper announced the plan, saying it will “render service to the historic truth,” and officials said Tuesday the material will…

(RNS) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday (Feb.16) officially introduced the Obama administration’s new special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, 31-year-old White House lawyer Rashad Hussain. Hussain is the American-born son of Indian Muslim immigrants; he received a law degree from Yale and masters degrees from Harvard in public administration and…

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI concluded an unprecedented two-day crisis management session with Ireland’s Catholic bishops on Tuesday (Feb. 16), denouncing the sexual abuse of children as “not only a heinous crime but also a grave sin.” Benedict and senior Vatican cardinals met Monday and Tuesday with all 24 serving Irish bishops to discuss…
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