Signs Of the Times

A special collection for Haiti in Catholic parishes nationwide has raised $58.7 million to date.

Twice during Holy Week liturgies, the pope was caught unawares when his aides spoke passionately about the barrage of criticism the pontiff has faced. 

Catholic officials condemned the slayings of 10 young people in the state of Durango and suspended long-running Holy Week missionary programs.

A German-born bishop who headed a prelature in Norway admitted that his resignation last year was linked to the sexual abuse of a minor.

L’Osservatore Romano hailed the new U.S.-Russia disarmament treaty on April 7 as a “significant and courageous step toward international security”

Vatican authorities emphasized that it was the pope who, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pushed for harsher measures against abusers.

Drenching rains already are turning tent camps outside Port-au-Prince into muddy quagmires.

Holy Week in Pakistan this year was set against a backdrop of suicide bombings that have killed Catholic workers.

A Vatican commission expressed the hope that bishops and priests deprived of freedom would be allowed to resume their pastoral ministry.

The Iraqi Council of Christian Church Leaders was pleased with the level of public participation in the recent elections.