Signs Of the Times

The 2009 fiscal period marked the third year in a row that Vatican expenses outpaced revenues.

The norms will include abuse and the “attempted ordination of women” among the list of most serious crimes against church law.

More than 400 people packed the chapel of a La Salle Brothers’ school near downtown Lima, Peru for a July 8 vigil in support of British Brother Paul McAuley, who has been threatened with expulsion from the country.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio said that requiring personnel in military hospitals to perform abortions would place “a very heavy burden” on those who value human life.

A lower court ruled that an Oregon man could try to hold the Vatican financially responsible for his sexual abuse by a priest. 

Advocates for the homeless see hopeful signs in a federal plan unveiled June 22 by the Obama administration.

Manoj Pradhan, a leader of anti-Christian violence that rocked India’s eastern Orissa state in 2008, was convicted of murder on June 29.

The coast of Louisiana is off limits to its own residents, and their livelihoods and quality of life are suffering.

An independent research group said the leading industrial nations complied with a little more than half of the promises made in 2009.

Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida vetoed a proposed Florida bill, but similar legislation is having more success in other states.