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FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The theme of division in the church and in society has been frequently invoked during the bishops’ deliberations this week.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, talks with Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego during a conference on building a world free of nuclear weapons, at the Vatican Nov. 10. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Cardinal Parolin’s visit comes at a time when internal divisions among U.S. Catholics have become public.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
A Vatican conference represents the beginning of a coordination of Catholic universities, institutions and bishops's conferences on this issue.
(Photo: Ben Blennershassett/Unsplash) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ellen K. Boegel
Except for crimes committed on federal land, state law governs what constitutes a sex crime, and the definitions vary.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
The hourly peals of Big Ben have been a touch of certainty, regular, you may say, as clockwork.
Asylum seekers protesting the possible closure of their detention center, on Manus Island, Paua New Guinea, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Australia Broadcasting Coroporation via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
There is little question that what the government is doing is not only illegal but inhumane and unnecessary.