| Vatican Say Abuse Response Crucial For Credibility VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Catholic Church's response to cases of sexual abuse by priests is crucial to its credibility and it must "acknowledge and make amends for" even decades-old cases, a Vatican spokesman said on Saturday. feeds.nytimes.com |
Brazil Mom Keeps Son for Now in Fight With US Dad RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's top appeals court says a young boy must stay with his Brazilian mother and not his American father until a final ruling is made in their international abduction case. feeds.nytimes.com |
Willemstad Journal: A Language Thrives in Its Caribbean Home Papiamentu, a Creole language spoken on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba, endures as other tongues face extinction. feeds.nytimes.com |
PR Independence Leader Juan Mari Bras Dies at 82 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Juan Mari Bras, an elder statesman of Puerto Rico's independence movement who gave up U.S. citizenship in an act that inspired hundreds of other activists, died Friday. He was 82. feeds.nytimes.com |
Polls Open in Venezuela Legislative Elections Opposition is expected to increase the number of seats it holds in the National Assembly after boycotting the elections five years ago voanews.com |