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Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, and Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago greet asylum seekers at the Humanitarian Respite Center at Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, Texas, on Aug. 15. (CNS photo/courtesy Catholic Extension)
FaithDispatches
Catholic News Service
Cardinal Cupich of Chicago visited McAllen, Texas, to grant $100,000 for a new building to provide services for asylum seekers.
President Paul Kagame is sworn in for another term at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, on Aug.18. (AP Photo Eric Murinzi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Two elections this month in eastern and central Africa—in Kenya and Rwanda—have brought out tensions and contradictions in the continent’s democratic process.
Counterprotesters hold signs and chant at the Statehouse before a planned "Free Speech" rally by conservative organizers begin on the adjacent Boston Common, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“For too long, the sin of racism has lived and thrived in our communities and even in some of our churches.”
President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Myer in Arlington Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Antonio De Loera-Brust
An interview with Drew Christiansen, S.J.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
During an exchange with a nun at a town hall, the Republican leader of the House argued that government is ineffective in fighting poverty.
 In this Friday, June 9, 2017 file photo, a South Sudanese refugee boy sits on a mat outside a communal tent while his brother sleeps, at the Imvepi reception center, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Colleen Dulle
The pope’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees message marks a break from past years.