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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Eric T. Styles
The prospect of a new life for this hymn heard in churches and assemblies across the country at once causes me discomfort and piques my interest. What can this song mean for a nation in peril?
Activists hold placards during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 1, 2021, after Myanmar's military seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and arrested its leaders. (CNS photo/Navesh Chitrakar, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Aware that a coup appeared to be imminent, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, speaking on Jan. 25 issued “an urgent, fraternal appeal for peace and reconciliation.”
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"[Vatican II] is the magisterium of the church. Either you are with the church and therefore you follow the council, or if you do not follow the council or you interpret it in your own way, as you wish, you are not with the church."
Pope Francis greets people during an encounter with the elderly in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Sept. 28, 2014, file photo. During his Jan. 31 Sunday Angelus, the pope announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The pope said the day will be celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of July to coincide with the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Jesus’ grandparents.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"I am the pastor of people who are suffering," Pope Francis said.
Pope Francis greets Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago during a meeting with U.S. bishops from Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Dec. 12, 2019. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican sources suggest that Pope Francis would have been keen to talk with Cardinal Cupich about the situation in the United States following the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
FaithNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
This is the South Central Los Angeles church where 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, grew up singing in the youth choir, taking her sacraments and reciting her poetry.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kurt Jensen - Catholic News Service
It was the coldest national March for Life in some years, it was the smallest, and it also may be remembered as the bravest.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“It really does look like there was an atrocity and a massacre, but precisely the motivation and the details, I think we need to suspend judgment at the moment,” Laurie Nathan said.
First day of vaccinations against Covid-19 on Jan.18, at Christ the Redeemer, during an event hosted by the Archdiocese in Rio de Janeiro. Terezinha da Conceição receives her shot from nursing technician Dulcinéia da Silva Lopes. Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Filipe Domingues
Despite Brazil’s successes with vaccines, during the Covid-19 pandemic more Brazilians than ever have come to fear vaccination efforts because of disinformation campaigns.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kristin M. Collier
I teach residents from the most prestigious medical schools around the country. It is profoundly unsettling to me that they have not been prepared to think about the “big questions” in medicine.
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Nicholas D. SawickiKenneth Hackett
Maintaining the relationship between the United States and the Holy See is vital to advancing the interests of each government.
FaithFaith in Focus
Tsh Oxenreider
I have Ignatius and Benedict to thank for guiding me into a regular rhythm of noticing God in daily life and capturing this truth into words that steer me into saying yes and no to the right things.
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Arts & CultureFilm
America Staff
You do not have to look hard to find movies and television shows that celebrate the (sometimes unexpected) gift of life.
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"The people of the United States have entrusted enormous power and responsibility to President Biden. However, the presidency does not empower him to define Catholic doctrine and moral teaching," said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.
FaithNews
Molly Cahill
When the march’s organizers announced on Jan. 15 that they would move the event online, Jesuit high schools across the country sought to find creative ways to help students honor life at all stages.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
By rescinding the Mexico City Policy, the president did serious damage to his own goal of unifying the country.
FaithFaith in Focus
Kelden Formosa
My belief in the sanctity of human life was supported by my own struggle to accept myself as a gay person.
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Kevin Christopher Robles
Archbishop Gadecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, called for protestors and lawmakers to have further talks “on how to protect the right to life and women’s rights.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Julie Asher - Catholic News Service
President Biden’s memo rescinding the “Mexico City policy” on the eve of the March for Life, “is a deeply disturbing move, especially when the president says he wants national unity,” tweeted Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Defense and Education Fund.