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Soldiers guard a polling station during the presidential election in Ayora, Ecuador, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The election was called after President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree in May to avoid being impeached. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ecuador bishops: A ‘yes’ vote for the environment answers ‘the call of Pope Francis’
The church, while not taking sides in the political contests, went all in on the referendums to stop drilling on oil Block 43 inside the Yasuní and to end mining in the Chocó Andino, a highland biosphere near the capital.
FaithNews
Texas Carmelites push back on possible excommunication by local bishop
Tensions rise between Carmelite nuns and Fort Worth Bishop Michael F. Olson over the nuns' acceptance of Olson's authority.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jesuits banned in Nicaragua by Ortega regime
The latest moves by the Ortega regime came close to a direct expulsion of the Jesuits without actually stepping over that line, according to an expert on Latin American revolutions.
FaithScripture Reflections
The Gospel shows us a better way to deal with doubt
A Reflection on the Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, by Ashley McKinless
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
The GOP debate shows the Republican Party still belongs to Trump
Trump skips ‘The Tonight Show Starring Donald Trump’
The WordTwenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Will the Servants of the Lord Please Stand Up?

When I called, you answered me; you built up strength within me. (Ps 138:3)

FaithThe Good Word
Who am I to you? The question behind our relationships with loved ones (and Christ)
A Homily for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Terrance Klein
Pope Francis greets Janada Marcus, a survivor of Christian persecution in Nigeria, after his general audience on March 8, 2023. She is accompanied by Father Joseph Bature Fidelis, director of a trauma center for victims of terrorism in Nigeria, and by Maria Joseph, another survivor. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithNews Analysis
Christians are dying for their faith all around the world. Do U.S. Catholics care?
Pope Francis has announced a commission to identify new martyrs, and in its latest report, Open Doors International has identified 76 countries where Christians suffer “high and extreme levels of persecution.”
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis: Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke to Juan Diego in his own language. That’s what Mary does for us too.
Francis' weekly address calls believers to draw from Our Lady of Guadalupe to evangelize with courage given from the Mother.
Politics & SocietyNews
Indigenous leader: ‘No conclusive evidence’ of missing student graves at residential school, but search for truth continues
An archaeological team found “no conclusive evidence” of human remains at the former site of Pine Creek Residential School in Camperville, Manitoba, Canada.