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Visitors hold a banner marking the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Feb. 12, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
David Alton
Education changed peoples’ hearts and minds and led to the abolition of the slave trade in the 18th century. Truth in labeling can help people of faith to oppose slave labor today.
Politics & SocietyFaith
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The Catholic Church has long denounced Freemasonry; in particular, Pope Leo XIII, in the late 19th century, insisted “Christianity and Freemasonry are essentially irreconcilable.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael O’Brien
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens by the day, among the most vulnerable civilians within the strip are newborn babies and their mothers.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Terence Sweeney
Pro-lifers need to seriously consider what defeats at the ballot box mean—and ask themselves why recent legal successes have not translated into democratic successes.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Senator Joe Manchin, who announced last week he would not run for re-election, blocked efforts to fight climate change and child poverty. That doesn’t make him a ‘centrist.’
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
As voters in the United States approach another presidential election, how can this synodal experience inform the ways that U.S. Catholics engage in political conversation?