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LaQuita Howard of Washington, with the League of Women Voters, attends a rally for voting rights, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, near the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
The common good requires that every person can contribute their voice meaningfully to the effort of building a just society. That is why Catholics should march for the equal right to vote.
Politics & SocietyNews
Marina Villaneuve — The Associated Press
Kathy Hochul vowed to bring urgency to solving immense challenges as she took over an administration criticized for inaction during Andrew Cuomo’s distracted final months in office.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
Alessandra Harris
While American Catholics today would unequivocally condemn the institution of slavery and Jim Crow segregation, most do not see or work against one of its most prominent present-day manifestations: mass incarceration.
People evacuated from Afghanistan step off a bus as they arrive at a processing center.
Politics & SocietyNews
Renée Darline Roden
Keeping Our Promise, a volunteer-run refugee resettlement organization, partners closely with churches, synagogues and faith-based organizations to help Special Immigrant Visa hopefuls in Afghanistan.
People run past a heavily damaged church in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 18, 2021, after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the area four days earlier.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The donation is meant to be “an immediate expression” of Pope Francis’ “feeling of spiritual closeness and paternal encouragement” for the people there.
A Catholic pastor receives the first of the two Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Priests navigate Catholics' fears and hesitancies in vaccine exemption requests to balance love for neighbor and self with individual conscience.