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Rum—it's not just for pirates anymore. Photo courtesy of Rob V. Burr.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Tim Padgett
We are seeing rum rehabilitated. Rum respected. A rum revolution. Or as connoisseurs like to call it, a rum renaissance.
A demonstrator throws a tear gas canister back at police during an April 5 protest in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (CNS photo/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Cody Weddle - Catholic News Service
The bishops wrote an eight-point communique on March 31, saying, "Venezuelans can't remain passive, be intimidated, or lose hope."
Protesters in San Salvador, El Salvador, demonstrate against mining exploitation March 9. El Salvador passed a law March 29 banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry.(CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gene Palumbo
The ban’s proponents say mining practices posed a grave risk to the country’s already limited water supply.
Members of Our Holy Redeemer Church in Freeport, N.Y., pass a sponge soaked in water during a team competition at the annual Encuentro gathering in 2016 at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic) 
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
The church hopes to produce more involvement in the church of its second largest and fastest growing community.
In this March 19, 2017 photo, people greet each other and sing as they attend Sunday worship at the William Carey Baptist Church in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
Politics & SocietyNews
Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press
Pastors and worshippers say Cuba is in the middle of a boom in evangelical worship, with tens of thousands of Cubans worshipping unmolested across the island each week.
Arts & CultureTelevision
John Anderson
“Call Me Francis” is unafraid to delve into Francis’ intellectual conflicts. But neither is it afraid to be funny.