Signs Of the Times

Paulist Father Lawrence Boadt, a leading Catholic biblical scholar and former CEO and president of Paulist Press, died at his residence in Mahwah, N.J., July 24 after a long battle with cancer. He was 67. ♦ In the wake of an undercover video and news report documenting priests in Rom

Countries can take steps to ward off the curse, but weak governments postpone the task as easy money rolls in.

Fremont, Neb., is among the the municipalities that have voted to curtail the rights of undocumented immigrants.

Pope Benedict XVI and his key advisers are facing a long, hot summer of problem-solving and strategizing.

Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and his wife María Elvira Hernández Galeana were killed on June 28.

The Diocese of Wilmington, Del., plans to appeal a federal bankruptcy judge’s ruling.

Bishop Francisco Claver, S.J., a defender of civil rights, died on July 1 in Manila, Philippines.

Catholics can “take some holy pride that the bishops of Cuba were in this mediation,” Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said.

Thousands of Anglicans are expected to move into the Catholic Church after a decision to ordain women as bishops.

Fresh intercommunity dialogue is needed to resolve the difficulties surrounding controversial parades in Northern Ireland, said a Catholic priest in Belfast.