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Politics & SocietyShort Take
John J. Studzinski
Working on the frontline to help exploited women requires patience and the sensitivity to move at someone else’s speed.
Father Carlos Francis Mendez visits with Rosa Mendez Torres, a woman who suffers from diabetes, in Las Marias, Puerto Rico. (J.D. Long-García)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Almost two months after the devastating storm, the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is bringing food, water and blessings to the residents of Las Marias, Puerto Rico.
Students tend to family in need at Universidad Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo: J.D. Long-García)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
Students “have lifted up this whole university, challenging us to go out to the margins, like Pope Francis asks.”
Asylum seekers protesting the possible closure of their detention center, on Manus Island, Paua New Guinea, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Australia Broadcasting Coroporation via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
There is little question that what the government is doing is not only illegal but inhumane and unnecessary.
Politics & SocietyNews
Wallice Jusino de la Vega - Catholic News Service
Way up in the highlands of north central Puerto Rico, in an area severely damaged by Hurricane Maria, lies an untold story of an imminent economic catastrophe: the potential decimation of the island's milk industry.
A neighborhood destroyed by wildfire in Santa Rosa, Calif. The Diocese of Santa Rosa "has been hit hard" and "is in an ongoing state of uncertainty" because of Northern California wildfires that began the night of Oct. 8, said Bishop Robert F. Vasa. (CNS photo/Jim Urquhart, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Jim McDermott
Upward of 3,000 buildings have been destroyed just in Santa Rosa, a city of 175,000 people.