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FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
In keeping with Italian law, all of the religious leaders, including Pope Francis, wore a mask except when delivering their speeches, which they did while keeping a distance from those listening.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Sister Campbell, the social justice activist made famous by headlining “Nuns on the Bus” tours, announced she will step down from her post leading Network Lobby this March.
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport on Oct. 14, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John F. Crosby
This election is not about weighing abortion against other campaign issues, writes John F. Crosby. President Trump’s “systemic amorality” is dangerous for the entire nation.
Politics & SocietyExplainer
Robert David Sullivan
The Catholic vote in the United States is neither monolithic nor static.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
When neither political party fully affirms the principles of our faith, writes Kathleen Bonnette, we must look at the world around us to decide which principles are most at stake.
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Sebastian Gomes
“We Catholics are not in the battle for religious freedom for sectarian purposes,” George Weigel says. “We are in this for everyone.”
Politics & SocietyInterviews
Sebastian Gomes
“The assertion that abortion is ‘the’ pre-eminent issue in this political campaign for Catholics is itself a political statement, not a doctrinal one,” Bishop McElroy says.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Molly Cahill
A response to former U. S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich
Archbishop Bashar Warda speaks at the opening of a new recovery center originally built by L'Œuvre d’Orient, France, and prepared for Covid-19 patients by the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil. (Photo by Stivan Shany, courtesy of the Archdiocese of Erbil)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Though the Christian communities around Erbil, like much of Iraq, were spared by the first wave of the pandemic, the numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths rose dramatically over the summer and appear now on the cusp of another significant acceleration.
Pilgrims hold candles and pray while maintaining social distancing at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal Oct. 12, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters)
FaithNews Analysis
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Catholic women theologians said that they were tired of hearing words promoting women in the church without accompanying actions that place women in the clear leadership roles.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Demonstrators burned two Catholic churches in Chile, where gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests against inequality descended into chaos.
FaithNews
Claire Giangravé - Associated Press
The number of priests and ordained leaders has dropped significantly, especially in Europe and America, according to the report issued on Friday by the Vatican.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
A resident at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the residence where Pope Francis lives, tested positive for Covid-19.
FaithFaith and Reason
Marcus Mescher
The church needs to pay more attention to the moral impact of screens on our identity, agency and relationships.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
After being received in private audience by Pope Francis last Monday, Cardinal George Pell concluded an unforgettable week by celebrating his first public Mass in Rome since his return to the Vatican on Sept. 30.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
‘The Boys’ gleefully satirizes every aspect of superhero movies by showing how corrupt all-powerful beings would be if they existed in the real world.
Arts & CultureFilm
Molly Cahill
When the high school student Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with cancer, he and his family never could have imagined how many people would hear his story.
Abdul-mateen II As Bobby Seale, Ben Shenkman as Leonard Weinglass, Mark Rylance as William Kuntsler, Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden, and Alex Sharp as Rennie Davis in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ (photo: Nico Tavernise/Netflix).
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
That “Chicago 7” is turning up on Netflix at this precise moment is no accident, the moment being serious.
Politics & SocietyNews
Yonat Shimron - Religion News Service
Rev. Stephen M. Kelly, a 71-year-old Jesuit priest, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court judge to 33 months in jail, three years’ probation and restitution fees for his role in a symbolic nuclear disarmament action.
Politics & SocietyNews
Ryan Burge
The most important religious group to the 2020 presidential election is not really a religious group at all.