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The American and Chinese flags at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Dwayne David Paul
Peace among nations is a necessary precondition for any solution to the climate change crisis. Instead, we have a renewed arms race and a mad dash for exhaustible natural resources.
Authorities in Stilfontein, South Africa, survey the entrance to an abandoned mine shaft, part of a police effort to bring miners below to the surface on Nov. 15. Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/GroundUp (CC BY-ND 4.0).
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of illegal miners have been underground in an abandoned mine shaft for more than a month.
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated PressAamer Madhani - Associated Press
The White House is expected to announce soon that President Joe Biden will visit the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis next month for what would likely be the final international trip of his presidency.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Valerie Schultz
After another Trump victory, I thought about tuning out of politics. Then I remembered that I do not have that luxury. I am a Catholic.
A row of three people, each behind a voter privacy screen
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Phillip Hicks
In their “Faithful Citizenship” document, the bishops should recognize options like the American Solidarity Party and challenge the assumption that we must choose between Democrats and Republicans.
Pope Francis releases a white dove during a memorial prayer for the victims of the war at Hosh al-Bieaa (church square) in Mosul, Iraq, in this March 7, 2021, file photo. Being against war demands courageous craftsmanship, the pope wrote in the forward to a new book. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In a new autobiography, Pope Francis revealed that he escaped two assassination attempts during his visit to Iraq in March 2021, including one involving a young woman who was believed to be attempting a suicide bombing.