• Catholic Church says excommunication of Mexican independence was annulled

Mexico on Wednesday learned that the father of the nation's independence movement did not die excommunicated nearly 200 years ago, clearing a stain from his legacy ahead of the 2010 bicentennial celebrations.Roman Catholic investigators announced that the excommunication of priest and independence hero Miguel Hidalgo was annulled when he confessed his sins shortly before being shot by a Spanish firing squad.

Does it matter all these years later?