The revised Vatican norms dealing with sexual abuse of minors by priests and other “more grave crimes” against Church law contain several changes [more]
VIGIL TO DEFEAT ARIZONA’S IMMIGRATION LAW -- Rosa Maria Soto, a parishioner from St. Augustin Church in Phoenix, addresses a crowd outside the Arizona Capitol July 28 in Phoenix. Soto was one of the leaders of an interfaith vigil praying for the defeat of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB1070. The vigil ended July 29 after a U.S. judge blocked key elements of the law from taking effect. (CNS photo/J.D. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun)
Arizona’s Catholic bishops commended a July 28 ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversial sections of the state’s contentious immigration law [more]
(top) EARTHQUAKE VICTIM -- A resident sits outside her tent in a makeshift camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 10. Haiti was commemorating the six-month anniversary of the disaster that killed at least 300,000 people. (CNS photo/Felix Evens, Reuters) (bottom) TENT CAMP IN HAITI -- A boy points in a tent camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 10. The camp was set up by relief agencies for victims affected by the Jan. 12 earthquake that killed at least 300,000 people. (CNS photo/Felix Evens, Reuters)
On Jan. 12 the earth shook in Haiti for 35 seconds -- seconds that ended many lives and changed many more. [more]
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS -- Women wash clothes on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 6. The large-scale destruction and the great number of people in need following Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake continue to pose a daunting scenario even for veteran humanitarian workers. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Six months after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the poorest nation in the western hemisphere, millions of Haitians are facing the hurricane season still homeless. [more]
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