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January 2025

Vol. 232 / No. 1

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Young Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in the northern Gaza Strip Sept. 11, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mahmoud Issa, Reuters)
Politics & Society The Weekly Dispatch
Kevin ClarkeOctober 09, 2024

Most families have been forced to move many times and with each new displacement, families lose or abandon more belongings. Not many of them by now have clothing appropriate for worsening weather conditions.

Protestors stand outside Parliament as British lawmakers debate an assisted dying law in London on Nov. 29, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mina Kim, Reuters)
Politics & Society Of Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.December 04, 2024

A proposed assisted-suicide law in Britain does not serve compassion. Instead it presents an illusion of final autonomy.

Arts & Culture Your Take
Our readersDecember 12, 2024

Readers react to a papal election on the big screen.

Voters wait to cast ballots at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Politics & Society Editorials
The EditorsDecember 04, 2024

In the language of Catholic social teaching, we might say that voters doubt whether the political system in which they participate sustains the common good.

Faith Short Take
Daniel CastilloNovember 15, 2024

In faith, in love and in hope, Gustavo Gutiérrez gave everything to the present. The world is a better place for it.

Politics & Society Short Take
José Luis CastroNovember 26, 2024

Donald Trump’s gains among Hispanics in 2024 are a wake-up call for Democrats.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni applauds Pope Francis during a meeting about families and Italy's declining birthrate May 12, 2023, in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Bridget RyderNovember 12, 2024

Pope Francis has condemned surrogacy as a form of “false compassion.” Now, in Italy, engaging in surrogacy in another country, even where it may be legal, will be a criminal offense for Italian citizens.