Signs Of the Times

Women refugees are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses in cases where they have been forced to leave their homes.

The investigators are looking at contracts Cardinal Sepe made with government officials while he was head of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

A $7.3 billion pledge is not enough to stop millions of needless deaths and not enough for the G-8 leaders to say they’ve lived up to their responsibilities.

Gubernatorial front-runner Rodolfo Torre Cantu was gunned down along with four others 200 miles south of the Texas border.

The talks focused in part on the association’s support for health reform legislation that the U.S. bishops opposed.

The Irish practice of placing mentally disturbed children in adult institutions is “inexcusable,” said a report by Amnesty International.

According to the postulator for the sainthood of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, her cause is “still waiting for one more miracle.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the report shows Americans that human trafficking is “not someone else’s problem.”

“Your work, your passion, your commitment helped make the difference,” President Obama said.