The United States remains the world' biggest market for illicit drugs but cocaine abuse has also increased rapidly in Central America and the Caribbean.

Pope John Paul II was an avid sportsman, and possibly the most athletic pontiff in history. "He has been a terrific sportsman,” said George Weigel, author of an extensive biography on John Paul.

The World Bank said in a report, almost 11 million children in developing countries die before the age of five, most of them from causes that are preventable in wealthier countries.

Half a world away from the Vatican, millions of Asians joined in Pope John Paul’s funeral on Apr. 8 at churches, open-air masses and on live television.

Think twice before you buy fake Rolex watch or other brand name goods.The money you pay could be end up funding terrorists.

Pope John Paul agonized over whether to resign before dying as pontiff, his will revealed on April 8 as presidents and patriarchs jointed a multitude of pilgrims in Rome for his funeral.

Cardinals on April 19 elected conservative German prelate Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the world 1.1 billion Roman Catholics, succeeding Pope John Paul II.
Pope Benedict XVI asked the world to pray for him and his papacy in his first appearance on the balcony of St. Peter Basilica following his election.

Streams of pilgrims converged on Rome in a spontaneous outpouring of affection for the Pontiff, who died on April 2; Saturday evening aged 84 in his Vatican bed after an extended struggle with ill health that slowly sapped his strength.

Benedict, the eldest man to be elected Pope for three enturies, in his first sermon as the 265th leader of the Church, delivered entirely in Italian, he focused on what he called a world of alienation, sufferings and death that he had said had become a spiritual wasteland.

According to a U.S. researchers’
report a daily dose of laughter
may be good for the heart
because,like exercise, it makes
blood vessels work more
efficiently.