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Pope Francis walks to his seat during a meeting with bishops from South Africa at the Vatican April 25. The bishops were making their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican to report on the status of their dioceses in 2014. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
The newspaper carries both local and international church news and has been published in English since 1920.
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Competing statements this week affirm and critique the church's position on contraception.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
One of the most troubling that you probably haven’t heard about is the current boom in video-only visitation.
A displaced woman carries her sleeping child June 15 at a refugee camp near Mosul, Iraq. (CNS photo/Azad Lashkari, Reuters)
Dispatches
Kevin Clarke
The fall of Mosul could mean anywhere between 1 to 1.5 million more displaced people, a figure one aid worker bluntly calls “overwhelming.”
Flagging liberty? Outside Sacred Heart Church in downtown Peoria, Ill, June 2016. (CNS photo/Tom Dermody, Catholic Post)
Dispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
A new government report calls for reining in religious liberty protections in favor of non-discrimination statutes.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
“To kill in the name of God is satanic,” Pope Francis said as he celebrated Mass for Father Jacques Hamel.