Signs Of the Times

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.

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

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.