As of Jan. 28, the death toll from the disaster stood at 238, making this the most lethal earthquake in Japan in the last eight years.
The amount involved in ths stipends was largely nominal, amounting to roughly $70 a month after being eroded by years of hyper-inflation without adjustments and contributing less than ten percent to the church’s annual budget.
Panamanian Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán was found sometime in the afternoon on Feb. 1 after he had been reported missing since Jan. 30 earlier in the day, according to a news release from Panama’s bishops’ conference.
This week the Vatican’s doctrine department, which handles clerical abuse cases, issued a clarification about the definition of “vulnerable adults” and its own competency in regards to abuse committed against these persons.
