Signs Of the Times

Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan said: “Bhatti is a man who gave his life for his crystalline faith in Jesus Christ.”

Shared concerns over violence among Mexico’s drug gangs were discussed by bishops from dioceses along the Texas-Mexico border.

The announcement on March 8 represented an embarrassing turnaround for Cardinal Justin Rigali.

For the past 60 years, St. Augustine High School in New Orleans has allowed the corporal punishment of students.

Representative Peter King of New York convened controversial congressional hearings on March 10 to investigate “the extent of radicalization in the American Muslim community.”

Why has the secretary general of Caritas Internationalis been prevented from applying for a second term of office?

“There is a better understanding of religion in Cuba,” said the archbishop of Santiago, Cuba. “But it’s not easy; it is a process.”

Church leaders around the world expressed their distress at the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s minister for minorities.

Southern Africa’s bishops warned elections would be “dangerously premature” if held this year.

Bishop Bernard Fellay of the Society of St. Pius X said that reconciliation talks would soon end with little change in the views of either side.