Signs Of the Times

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.

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.”

U.N. human rights experts call upon Honduran government to guard the safety of journalists.

The U.S.C.C.B. has withdrawn from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, citing the group’s “expanded and broadened agenda.”

Sister Margaret Mary McBride concurred with an ethics committee’s decision to abort the fetus of a gravely ill woman.

Pope Benedict XVI met last month with the first ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the Vatican.