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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Confusing questions are endemic in public opinion surveys, but the topic of abortion is especially tricky for pollsters.
CommunityDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Sam Sawyer, S.J., will take the helm of the 113-year-old magazine following the departure of the current president and editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J., later this year.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
The Associated Press
While the arrest was widely denounced by governments and human rights groups, Catholic entities offered varying degrees of condemnation, reflecting the gravity and delicacy of a situation that has escalated dramatically.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss the religious implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and how it threatens work towards Christian unity.
FaithLast Take
Molly CahillDoug GirardotKeara HanlonJim McDermottSarah Vincent
So it’s time for you to graduate. Four young America editors and one Star Wars nerd have some advice for you.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“There’s going to be a big gap in what our parishioners are going to know about what’s going on in the U.S. and throughout North America.”
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland addresses the Tribal Nations Summit from an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington Nov. 15, 2021.
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
About 50 percent of the schools received support or involvement from religious institutions or organizations, according to the report.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
It is faith that makes us ready for heaven. And what is faith? Stubbornly seeing purpose in this life—stubbornly because sometimes it does take a great effort—that others cannot see.
Nick Ut, center, flanked by UNESCO Ambassador Kim Phuc, left, holds “Napalm Girl,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo, as they wait to meet with Pope Francis  Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Nick Ut, a retired Associated Press photographer, gave Pope Francis a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack.
FaithShort Take
Shelby Kearns
Far from encouraging sexual activity, the right kind of sex education can teach children that they have the agency to say “no.” Parishes and faith-based groups are ideal for delivering this message.
FaithNews
Kathryn Post – Religion News Service
At Washington Jesuit Academy, students compete for honor roll in bright classrooms, whizzing around athletic fields during three daily recesses and learning a wide range of skills, from gardening to computer coding.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The 90-year-old cardinal has been an outspoken defender of human rights and democracy in Hong Kong and strongly critical of Beijing for its suppression of fundamental freedoms in the city.
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
“The life of our communities must know how to benefit from the talents and charisms of so many elderly people who are already retired, but who are a wealth to be treasured,” Pope Francis said in his weekly audience.
Young men engaged in an art lab at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation. Photo courtesy of PBMR.
Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Sarah Vincent
With programs from housing support to workplace development to art therapy, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation serves formerly incarcerated people, their families and those struggling with crime or victimization.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
James T. Keane
One of the most fascinating stories of the 20th century belongs to Walter Ciszek, S.J., an American Jesuit priest who spent two decades laboring in the Soviet Union after he was accused of being a Vatican spy.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
I don’t know about you, but I find when things around me are getting crazy, it becomes difficult to connect to any deeper sense of self or God.
Pope Francis has approved the canonization of Blessed Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite martyred at the Dachau concentration camp. Blessed Brandsma, pictured in an undated photo, is scheduled to be canonized on May 15 at the Vatican along with nine others. (CNS photo/courtesy Titus Brandsma Institute)
FaithDispatches
Filipe Domingues
A renowned Dutch priest, professor and journalist, Titus Brandsma was killed in a Nazi concentration camp. The woman who executed him later became Catholic—and this Sunday, Father Brandsma will be made a saint.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
A $5 million donation is going to help launch the Catholic Sisters Cognitive Impairment-Alzheimer’s Global Initiative, a project to help religious orders care for sisters with dementia.
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Protests have also been held outside the homes of two Supreme Court Justices in the Washington area.
Politics & SocietyPodcasts
The Gloria Purvis Podcast
This week on “The Gloria Purvis Podcast,” Gloria welcomes Kristen Day, the executive director of Democrats For Life of America and the author of Democrats For Life: Pro-Life Politics and the Silenced Majority.