Signs Of the Times

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”

The Vatican nuncio to the United Nations said that cold war conditions that encouraged the church’s “limited toleration of nuclear deterrence” no longer exist.

A study reports that Latinos who have left the church since 1990 have shifted toward secularism as they become more Americanized.

More than 26 groups say their calls for a new model of development in Haiti are being ignored.

More than 200,000 people gathered for the March for America in Washington, D.C., in support of comprehensive immigration reform.

“Without accountability for the past there will be no healing and no trust for the future,” Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said.

Vulnerable populations affected by wars and internal conflicts were among the major concerns highlighted in the report.

Continuing settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem presents a profound obstacle to reviving the Middle East peace process.