Signs Of the Times

Anglo-Catholic clergy are sharply divided over how to respond to the ordination of women as bishops.

Pope Benedict XVI praised the 108 nations that have adopted a treaty banning the stockpiling and use of cluster bombs.

Catholic aid organizations are responding in Pakistan after the most intense monsoon rains in the past 30 years caused landslides and floods.

Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Internationalis coordinate a global response to the unprecedented emergency in Pakistan

Access to water is just one small part of the complex of political and structural discord between Israelis and the Palestinians.

Iraq’s ancient Christian communities face extinction if a U.S. withdrawal is not accompanied by a comprehensive humanitarian response, says Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick.

A Philippines bishop has urged the government to resume peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front amid reports the rebel group is preparing for war. 

Catholic and other church-owned health systems have been shown to demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems.

Palestinians learn nonviolence to resist Israeli occupation.

Venezuela’s Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino butts heads—again—with President Hugo Chavez.