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Catholic Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes leads a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross during the Lenten season at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, on March 17, 2023. Catholics staged the devotional commemoration in the gardens of the cathedral due to the police ban on celebrating religious festivities on the streets. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.P. CarrollErica Lizza
The Ortega regime‘s ban on religious processions during Lent is only the latest action to effectively criminalize Catholicism in Nicaragua. Catholics in the U.S. must assist refugees and fight anti-religious authoritarianism.
A young woman weeps against an ambulance as a loved one is treated by medics after a fire broke out at the Mexican Immigration Detention center in Ciudad Juárez on Monday, March, 27, 2023. (Omar Ornelas/The El Paso Times via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
On March 27, 40 men died in a fire in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez. The appalling loss of life has many more authors than the people likely to be punished for it.
A representative of Silicon Valley Bank talks to people waiting outside the bank in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The nation's 16th largest bank is the biggest to fail since the 2008 global financial meltdown. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Why do banking crises keep happening? When depositors are protected, some banks cannot resist making risky loans. And paying fines for doing so has become a usual cost of doing business.
A woman holds aloft an opened copy of the Quran in a prayer space.
FaithShort Take
David E. Nantais
Catholic health care providers aim to heal the whole human person—body, mind and spirit. That means providing accommodations for to meet the needs of Muslim patients.
Arts & CultureShort Take
James T. Keane
Adding to its dizzying array of takes, America Media has announced four new options for would-be contributors.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Terence Sweeney
These trends should prompt an examen among Catholic educators. Do our schools lead people to drift from religion to money, from community engagement to private enrichment?