Signs Of the Times

New York’s proposed Islamic center could become a powerful symbol of tolerance or a recruiting tool for Al Qaeda.

The California Catholic bishops’ conference alerts parents of public school children of ways to “opt out” of classes that contradict their family’s values.

A visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to a church in China is not a sign that the secretive communist regime’s stance toward religion is softening.

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.

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the floods have made their way to the major cities of Karachi and Lahore.

Sue Krentz is a conflicted woman, coping with the complicated reality of life near the Mexican border.

“The exclusion of girls…has always weighed heavily and represented a deep inequality within Catholic education,” the official Vatican newspaper said.