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Chinese population by age and sex (demographic pyramid) as of November 1, 2010 (6th national census count). The dark blue areas represent the "surplus" males owing to sex selection preference for boys that is contributing to a demographic crisis in China.
Dispatches
Steven Schwankert
The government is not granting its Han Chinese citizens the chance to have a family of any size they wish. Families are still limited to two children and must still apply for permission to have them, as they did for their single child.
Dispatches
Judith Valente
The Rule of St. Benedict, like aged sherry, is an acquired taste. Wisdom Distilled from the Daily not only gave me a taste of The Rule’s timeless wisdom, but a hunger and thirst for it.
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
Architect and Angeleno Frank Gehry has been consulting with the city on a proposal to turn the 52 miles that run alongside the Los Angeles River into a “linear Central Park.”
Students on Parliament Street being pushed back from Roeland Street on Oct. 21 (Creative Commons permission by Myolisi)
Dispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
While the chaos that accompanies the student protests in South Africa over fees hikes at a number of our major universities has caught the media rsquo s attention the underlying causes seem woefully under-examined In a nutshell the problem comes down to money most students can barely afford exis
Matteo Zuppi, an auxiliary bishop of Rome, will succeed Cardinal Carlo Caffarra as archbishop of Bologna (photo courtesy the Community of Sant'Egidio).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has again surprised the Italian church by appointing as archbishops of Bologna and Palermo two pastors that have “the smell of the sheep.”
Pope Francis leaves after celebrating the closing Mass of the Synod of Bishops on the family in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Oct. 25 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Dispatches
Jim McDermott
If you find yourself wondering, since when is the pope unable to call for a change in church doctrine, well, that's a good question.