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Hundreds attend a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for at least 50 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. (CNS photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Patrick EgwuEkpali Saint
The killing of Deborah Yakubu for alleged blasphemy and the reaction to it offer a stark depiction of the volatile divisions between Nigeria’s Muslim and Christian communities.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
James T. Keane
No, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is not dead. No, Pope Francis is not resigning. And no, the Vatican is not hiding a secret time machine.
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington May 5, 2022. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
According to a rash of new polls, Americans have come together over the belief that the country’s major institutions are seriously out of whack.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jim McDermott
Every ticket scooped up by scalpers is one less ticket available to the very people that the pope is going to Canada to see.
President Joe Biden signs an executive order at the White House in Washington July 8, 2022, that he said would help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraceptives. He stated the order was a necessary response to the Supreme Court's June 24 decision overturning the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. The high court's ruling sends the abortion issue back to the states. Pictured with Biden are Vice President Kamala Harris, left, Health and Human Services Secretary Xav
Politics & SocietyNews
Julie Asher - Catholic News Service
The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said it is “deeply disturbing and tragic” that the president has chosen to use his power as the nation’s chief executive “to promote and facilitate abortion in our country.”
Prime Minister Boris Johnson enters 10 Downing Street, after his reading a resignation statement in London, July 7 (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, file).
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Austen Ivereigh
“Sow integrity for yourselves,” urges Hosea. Right now in the U.K., that feels like the most urgent political task.