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St. Ignatius Church, on the campus of the University of San Francisco (iStock/Bakstad)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
The Jesuit university has achieved carbon neutrality through energy efficiency and also through the financial support of reforestation projects and other green initiatives around the world.
Workers collect oil from a stream below the site of an oil pipeline break in 2016 in Wachapea, Peru. Catholic leaders are calling for governments to protect the territorial rights of indigenous people suffering eviction from their lands and pollution of their water because of mining and oil operations in the Amazon basin. (CNS photo/Barbara Fraser)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Dean Dettloff
“Will this ombudsperson really be able to provide justice for a community in Guatemala, who has really experienced crimes, including rape, the forced displacement of their community, and murder?”

Sister Nazik Matty in her garden in Erbil. Photo by Kevin Clarke.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“We have a mission here; we have a mission with the Muslim people. Our Christian community believes in this mission, that we should be ready to stay, to take this responsibility,” no matter the risks.
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, looks at the explosion site inside a church in Negombo April 21, 2019, following a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island. (CNS photo/Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed he and other top government officials were not told about a possible threat and told local media “we must look into why adequate precautions were not taken.”

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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ellen K. Boegel
Medical “advances” have made the simple act of human reproduction bafflingly complex, and inconsistent vocabulary adds to the difficulty of debating pro-life issues. Here is a guide to essential terms.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Father Schall was often described as a contrarian, but he had his mind set on the "essential and ultimate" questions.