Signs Of the Times

Despite a setback in the Senate, the acts seems to be gaining support on its merits.

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.

Chiara Badano, a young member of the Focolare movement who died of bone cancer in 1990, was beatified on Sept. 25 in Rome.

In Britain Pope Benedict XVI called his listeners to recognize the interconnectedness of faith and reason, religion and politics.

The association was formed in part to voice opposition to the new English-language translation of the Mass.

Christians remain confident of their acceptance by the larger Muslim society as King Abdullah II remains a guarantor of their security.

The two Ugandan bishops argued that dialogue with the Lord’s Resistance Army would work better than a military option against it.

The Rev. Robert Barron, right, a priest, teacher and evangelist, is launching “Word on Fire With Father Barron,” a weekly national program on WGN America.

Recent report shows Latin America as the most unequal distributor of income in the world.