Signs Of the Times

We are simply beyond capacity at this point, said a Catholic Charities worker in St. Louis, Mo.

Pope Benedict XVI called for all nations to end the production, stockpiling and use of land mines and cluster bombs.

An estimated 150,000 ethnic Tamils are still trapped in a small patch of Tamil-controlled area in the northeast of the island country.

It implements a novel understanding of marriage, which will grievously harm families and children, the bishops said.

“The budget choices of Congress have clear moral and human dimensions,” the bishops said.

The Belgian parliament voted overwhelmingly to condemn “the unacceptable stance taken by the pope” on condoms and AIDS.

The arrest of a Chinese 74-year-old bishop was “unfortunately not an isolated case,” the Vatican said.

“These people have no alternative but to entrust themselves to human smugglers who often treat them as meat,” said one human rights worker.

The new regulations are considered one of the toughest sets of limitations on capital punishment in the nation.

The Catholic conference said the proposal unfairly targets the church and other private institutions.