Signs Of the Times

Pakistan’s decision to shut down a federal ministry charged with safeguarding the rights of the nation’s religious minorities has renewed fears that conditions for minorities will worsen.

Cardinal Angelo Scola’s appointment as archbishop of Milan prompts some to wonder about Cardinal Scola’s “papabile” rating.

An official at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently urged the United States to maintain its role as a global leader in refugee protection.

Pope Benedict XVI blamed persistent world hunger on selfish and profit-driven economic models.

Catholic bishops of the North and Central America cited “those searching for work, asylum-seekers, refugees and victims of human trafficking.”

Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence against religious minorities in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, according to a new report from an Islamic research center. The study, A Question of Faith, published by the J

The U.S. bishops declared suicide “a terrible tragedy, one that a compassionate society should work to prevent.”

Structural discrimination and a steady increase in violence in Pakistan are creating a system of two-tiered citizenship, one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims.

Budget cuts in many states caused school districts to eliminate or reduce their summer nutrition programs.

“If the military objective is really regime change, that’s hard to justify in Catholic approaches to humanitarian intervention,” said one ethicist.