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Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Erika Rasmussen
The Diocese of Richmond has responded to the call to care for our common home with a project that will soon generate 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of solar electricity every year.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The campaign launch featured short videos from Cambodia, India, Brazil and Kenya recounting how, in response to new problems and new needs raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, women religious and their congregations switched gears.
Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
An Iraqi archbishop who helped save hundreds of ancient manuscripts from being destroyed by Islamic State militants was among the nominees for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize.
Politics & SocietyNews
Francis Njuguna - Catholic News Service
Sudanese people can now “worship and practice their various religious beliefs without fear,” said the general secretary of the Sudanese bishops’ conference.
FaithExplainer
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Speculation that President Trump will name Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court has revived interest in her charismatic Catholic group. Michael O’Loughlin looks at the history—and the myths—of People of Praise.
FaithFaith in Focus
Colleen Connolly
After months of Zoom liturgies, I am beginning to think people-watching at Mass can itself be an opportunity for deeper communion.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Erika Bachiochi
To realize Ginsburg’s vision for authentic equality between men and women, we will have to point our children to those who recognize unborn life not as a hindrance but as the reason for greater solidarity with one another.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
Sen. Dianne Feinstein spoke for many when she told Barrett quite directly, “The dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Thomas J. Reese
Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought the ruling in Roe v. Wade was correct but too sweeping.
FaithInterviews
Stephen G. Adubato
‘No political party is perfect. I keep saying that no matter who’s in the White House come Nov. 3, Jesus Christ is still on the throne.’
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
God being God includes God not being who we are. How can someone who is not us not surprise us?
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The social unrest and divisions in general Hong Kong society have carried over to the Catholic community, said Cardinal John Tong Hon, who encouraged Catholics instead to follow what Jesus taught in the beatitudes.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The world will not overcome the current crisis if only big businesses, financial institutions and the powerful have a voice, Pope Francis said.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carrying her hungry baby on her back in the traditional African baby wrap, 38-year-old Adol Majok struggled in the long line of people waiting to get food rations and other essential items distributed by Catholic groups.
FaithInterviews
Ashley McKinlessZac Davis
Bishop Barron on talking to atheists, young people and the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden vows to “codify Roe v. Wade,” and his running mate, Kamala Harris, has sponsored legislation that would override state laws and require the coverage of elective abortions by all federal health programs.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Richard M. Doerflinger
Voting for a pro-life president is not only about Supreme Court nominations, writes Richard M. Doerflinger. State laws restricting abortion, conscience protections and the ban on federal funding of abortion are also at stake.
Chief Justice John Roberts has indicated that the Supreme Court should generally be bound by its own previous decisions, including Roe v. Wade. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Pool via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
William T. Cavanaugh
Abortion may indeed be the preeminent issue for Catholic voters, writes William T. Cavanaugh. But the premise that a Republican court majority will overturn Roe v. Wade is deeply flawed.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kevin Freking - Associated Press
President Trump promised Wednesday to sign an executive order that would require health care providers to provide medical care to all babies born alive as he makes an election-year push to appeal to voters who oppose abortion.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts discuss why the C.D.F. appears out of step with Pope Francis and how the pope could change that.