Signs Of the Times

What the unity of the North American Orthodox and Catholic Churches might look like

The Hong Kong Catholic Justice and Peace Commission is campaigning for the release of the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

Almost 44 million Americans now live below the poverty line, and 21 percent of all U.S. children are growing up poor.

Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan has pledged a seat in a New York Catholic school for any child who wants it.

In Latin America, women hold only one-third of top-level jobs.

The last remaining Catholic adoption agency in England has filed an appeal against a decision forbidding it to turn away same-sex couples.

The president of the Philippine bishops’ conference denied reports that he threatened to excommunicate the president over his proposal to distribute contraceptives.

The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Miguel H. Díaz, said on Oct. 5 that human migration should be accepted as both a Christian and a political duty.

The governor-elect has promised to improve governance in one of Mexico’s most impoverished states.

International campaigners see Quebec as a vulnerable beachhead for legalizing euthanasia in Canada.