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Marie Keating of St. John Neumann in Eagan, Minn., holds a pro-life sign at a June 24, 2022, rally in downtown St. Paul. 9CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
FaithFaith and Reason
Destiny Herndon-De La Rosa
Women need support and resources when that second line shows up on a pregnancy test. Their first thought is not to wonder how their senator, president or prime minister feels about abortion.
FaithFeatures
Laura Loker
While Catholic employers still have a long way to go in figuring out sustainable maternity leave policies, most are missing another easily implemented opportunity to support women and families more generally: offering part-time, flexible jobs.
FaithInterviews
Gerard O’Connell
The new rector, Mark Lewis, S.J., also opened up about the Gregorian's upcoming merger with the Pontifical Biblical and Oriental Institutes.
the white house and lawn with yellow leaves on the grass, a large red ribbon hangs in a loop shape to memorialize world aids day in december
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A federal judge has ruled that employers need not provide insurance that covers PrEP on religious grounds. Catholic ethicists say that PrEP is morally acceptable, especially for at-risk patients.
pope gestures in front of a screen on a plane that says welcome on board
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The pope said on the plane back from Kazakhstan that it is sometimes morally licit for countries to purchase weapons for the purpose of self-defense.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
While most people, when asked to describe the relationship between the papacy and the British monarchy, would likely think of the Henry VIII affair, in reality the relationship between the two heads-of-state-slash-heads-of-churches is quite cordial.
FaithInterviews
The Gloria Purvis Podcast
On the season premiere of “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria speaks with Bishop Andrew Cozzens about the meaning of the Eucharist, the eucharistic revival and the importance of encounter in creating missionary disciples.
Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, greets Pope Francis in his car.
FaithNews
Ngala Killian Chimtom - Catholic News Service
Bishop Athanasius Schneider said the interfaith congress Kazakhstan could give the impression that the pope supports “a supermarket of religions” that people could choose freely from.
Jefferson, an 8-year old boy from Honduras, stands near his parents as he is questioned by a border patrol agent Aug. 26, 2022, after they smuggled across the Rio Grande into Roma, Texas. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Politicians may fear losing elections, but too many citizens seem to fear migrants and asylum seekers themselves.
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Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
In Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra, the 5th Circuit Court voted to block HHS from forcing religious health care providers to perform gender-transition procedures on patients based on moral grounds. 
FaithScripture Reflections
James T. Keane
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, by James T. Keane
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
How can you say that you recognize and reverence God if you do not respond to those who stand in want?
FaithInterviews
Gerard O’Connell
An exclusive interview with Mark Lewis, S.J., 62, a historian and only the second Jesuit from the United States to be rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome
Jeremy Myers, left, of the Aids Healthcare Foundation delivers water to Shaun Brown in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. A recent flood worsened Jackson's longstanding water system problems. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
America’s water systems have been neglected and underfunded for decades. Jackson, Miss., and other mostly Black communities are among the first to face the consequences.
The cast of ‘Abbott Elementary’ (photo: ABC)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Elyse Durham
‘Abbott Elementary’ manages to be both hilarious and honest about life in the classroom.
Pope Francis, seated and dressed in red priests clothing, covers his eyes
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Pope Francis told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders Wednesday that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war.
FaithScripture Reflections
Jim McDermott
A Reflection for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, by Jim McDermott, S.J.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
Science fiction and religion might not seem like the most natural of bedfellows—but religion is usually a prominent theme in most contemporary sci-fi.
Arts & CultureVantage Point
Willis E. McNelly
In 1980, Dr. Willis E. McNelly, a pioneer in the academic study of science fiction as a literary genre, offered his thoughts to 'America' on sci-fi and religion.
A photo of an empty church with rows of empty pews.
FaithNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
If trends of the past 30 years continue for the next 50, Christianity will lose its majority status in the United States by 2070, according to a new demographic study by the Pew Research Center.