Instead of quelling the violence in the border community in Mexico, the posting of troops and federal police officers has only accelerated the bloodletting.
Signs Of the Times
New Hampshire Ponders Death Penalty
One bishop believes New Hampshire flirts with great moral peril in retaining the death penality.
Scholars Decry Union-Busting
Is working against unions tantamount to committing mortal sin?
Who Watches Out for a New Class of Global Refugees?
If even moderate effects from climate change occur as predicted, millions of people will be uprooted in the near future.
Faith-Based Investors Push For Financial Transparency
The investors have introduced shareholder resolutions that call upon the banks to act more openly in the trading of financial products known as derivatives.
Pope Calls Crisis ‘Terrifying’ Failing
The pope made his strongest remarks to date on sexual abuse cases at a press conference on May 11 during his flight to Portugal.
Catholic Education’s ‘Mission Confusion’
The outgoing superintendent in the archdiocese of Washington said vigorous support for Catholic education is lacking from both parents and pastors.
Dublin Archbishop Discouraged by Denial
The church’s unwillingness to begin “a painful process of renewal” in the wake of the abuse scandal has left Diarmuid Martin “disheartened and discouraged.”
Catholic Sentiments by the Numbers
A new poll shows that U.S. Catholics’ approval of Pope Benedict XVI’s job performance dropped a “dramatic” 15 points over the past two years.
‘Mary the Survivor’ of Nagasaki Visits Nonproliferation Conference
The scorched head of Mary is all that remains of the Nagasaki cathedral destroyed by the atomic bomb.
