Signs Of the Times

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

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.

Pope Benedict said that the upcoming Synod on the Middle East would “highlight the important value of the Christian presence and witness in the biblical lands.”

The bishops of North America have called on their governments to address the economic root causes of hemispheric migration.

“Our purpose is to call an end to the siege of Gaza, to this illegal collective punishment of the whole civilian population,” said the expedition’s organizer.

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.