Signs Of the Times

Vatican media have presented the pope as a trained diplomat who followed the international events carefully.

Israeli riot police evicted two Palestinian families—more than 50 people in all—from their homes in an Arab neighborhood on Aug. 2

Protesters opposed to the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya have reportedly been jailed, beaten and raped by the country’s security forces.

Leaders representing 59,000 women religious are questioning what they call a lack of full disclosure about what is motivating the Vatican’s visitation.

The Missionaries of Charity have launched a year of programs celebrating the centennial in 2010 of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa, the order’s founder.

The native populations of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador face endemic poverty, illiteracy, ill health and government neglect.

Pope Benedict XVI’s message about environmental protection in Charity in Truth has applications both in daily life and in the political arena, adovocates say.

Although one out of five U.S. soldiers is Catholic, there are just 100 Catholic chaplains for the entire U.S. Army.

The question of whether the wage increase will help or hurt the economy remains to be seen.

A conference addresses expanding a successful Lectio Divina Scripture study program for Hispanic Catholics.