Signs Of the Times

Belgian bishops offer new “healing initiatives” and a promise to work with  authorities to prevent abuse and expose past cases.

Recent report shows Latin America as the most unequal distributor of income in the world.

Donating over $700 million a year to international aid agencies, Australia places first in the World Giving Index.

“We fear nothing because we gather to pray for ourselves to live better lives and for our relatives on their death anniversaries…”

The Catholic aid agency Caritas appealed on Sept. 7 for food and clothing for the victims of torrential rains in Guatemala.

The 800-member Catholic community in a village in India is facing a “social boycott” for refusing to follow traditions to appease Hindus gods.

The U.K.’s Cardinal Keith O’Brien accuses the BBC of institutional bias against “Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular.”

The pastoral letter from Mexico’s bishops addresses centuries-old divisions over ethnicity and the often strained relationship between church and state.

The controversy surrounding a bishop in a diocese outside of Beijing illustrates the problems facing Chinese Catholic communities.

“I am absolutely overwhelmed at the response of people for their church,” Davenport’s Bishop Martin J. Amos said.