Signs Of the Times

President Obama said he would be happy to avoid ethical disputes if alternatives to embryonic stem-cell research turn out to be equally promising.

The Notre Dame president called President Obama’s upcoming visit “a basis for further positive engagement.

Mary Ann Glendon (left), former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal on May 17.

In a major address in Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz assessed the progress of Jewish-Catholic relations in Poland over the last half-century.

Bishops in Central America have criticized mining operations for their environmental and social damage.

Community leaders urged President Barack Obama to help end the destructive trade in illegal drugs and more than 40 years of civil war.

The “Catholic Climate Covenant” asks Catholics to pray and reflect on the duty to care for Gods creation.

Israeli officials have reportedly issued a demolition order for buildings built on property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Peter Bray, F.S.C. (left), assumed his position in March as the eighth vice chancellor of Bethlehem University.