Signs Of the Times

German church leaders have criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing Christian Democratic Union for moving away from its Christian ethos.

Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., called the attacks “false” and “even calumnious.”

Cardinal Walter Kasper said a shared catechism could be one of the fruits of 40 years of dialogue among Catholic and Protestant churches.

Radio Soleil, the Catholic radio station in Haiti, resumed broadcasting on Jan. 24 from a makeshift studio in the back of a van.

A representative of Caritas Internationalis urged participants at the World Economic Forum not to neglect “the old, chronic problems of the world.”

“As a theologian and apologist, the archbishop has heightened readers’ receptivity to transcendence and opened their minds to revelation,” Father Drew Christiansen said.

Brown believes the decision on abortion “should ultimately be made by the woman in consultation with her doctor.”

While the members say they understand the threats posed to Israel by Hamas, they argue against the “de facto collective punishment” of the Palestinian residents of Gaza.

After a year of public clashes between bishops and some Catholic colleges, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick urged university presidents to forge stronger relationships with their local bishops.

Restoring the devastated infrastructure of the church in Haiti will take years, said Archbishop José H. Gómez, head of the bishops’ office for Latin America.