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March 2025

Vol. 232 / No. 3

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington Jan. 20, 2025. He signed a series of executive orders including on immigration, birthright citizenship and climate. Trump also signed an executive order granting about 1,500 pardons for those charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. (OSV News photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
Politics & Society The Weekly Dispatch
Kevin ClarkeJanuary 23, 2025

“It’s a cruel policy because if it were adopted, it would impact children mostly. It would impact future generations, and, as is consistent with his theme, it divides people. It would divide our country even further.”

Politics & Society Of Many Things
Sam Sawyer, S.J.February 13, 2025

We cannot wish away reality with counterfactual speculation--nor should we try.

Faith Your Take
Our readersFebruary 13, 2025

How do Catholic parents navigate the balance between youth sports and Sunday obligation?

Politics & Society Editorials
The EditorsJanuary 30, 2025

In order for the United States to remain “a government of laws, not of men,” the editors write, all officials entrusted with elected authority must recognize the constraints on their own power.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attach a chain to a detained person on Jan. 27 in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Society Short Take
Dylan CorbettFebruary 06, 2025

In the face of dangerous nativism and the possibility of state violence through deportation, the church will be challenged to offer a compelling and credible response.

Protesters join a march convened by the Catholic Church in March 2017 to support a ban on mining in San Salvador, El Salvador. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
David AgrenJanuary 21, 2025

The Catholic Church in El Salvador finds its voice in opposition to lifting of prohibition on mining.

Altar servers lead a procession at the start of Mass in Marondera, Zimbabwe, Jan. 1, 2024. (OSV News photo/Philimon Bulawayo, Reuters)
Faith Dispatches
Marko PhiriJanuary 27, 2025

Catholic institutions in Zimbabwe and other African states once could rely on support from retired missionaries. Now the decline in missionary numbers has left African religious communities facing a financial crunch.