Signs Of the Times

The insert urged readers to press Senate leaders to support efforts to “incorporate long-standing policies against abortion funding and in favor of conscience rights” in health reform legislation.

The Diocese of Bridgeport said it was disappointed that the court declined to hear its final petition regarding the ordered release of documents from sex abuse cases.

Archbishop Burke, 61, will help shape the episcopate not only in the United States but also around the world.

The U.S. bishops’ office is working behind the scenes to improve the health care bills to put them in line with their vision of health care.

“The most tragic thing I have seen is the miles-long wall that separates Jerusalem from Bethlehem, said Cardinal John P. Foley. “It is humiliating and distressing.”

In an address to the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Pope Benedict  expressed hope that the sacred Scriptures will become a font of spirituality.

Catholic leaders say a proposal requiring Baltimore pregnancy centers to post a disclaimer telling clients they do not provide abortion services is harassment.

In a lecture Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., sharply criticized what he called the “slavishly literal” translation into English of the new Roman Missal.

What happens in Sudan will have important effects on its neighboring countries, all of whom have experienced grave humanitarian crises in recent years.

Although several measures of the health of marriage in the United States have declined sharply since 1970, there are some signs of improvement this decade.