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Fishermen at sunset in November 2015 along the freshwater lagoon in Tela, Honduras. (CNS photo) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jackie McVicar
Garifuna villages along the north coast of Honduras have set up roadblocks to demand answers about the enforced disappearances. “You took them alive, we want them alive!” protesters shouted.
Firefighters carry an injured man following explosions in Beirut Aug. 4, 2020. Two massive explosions near the port of the Lebanese capital injured dozens of people and shattered windows in buildings blocks away. (CNS photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“Let us pray for the victims, for their families; and let us pray for Lebanon so that it might face this extremely tragic and painful moment and, with the help of the international community, overcome the grave crisis they are experiencing.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Dale Gavlak - Catholic News ServiceBassem Mroue - Associated Press
At least 50 people were killed and 2,700 injured. Catholic and other humanitarian agencies warn it could push the country into an even bigger catastrophe.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Thomas J. Reese
Thomas J. Reese looks at over 160 press releases to analyze the posture of the U.S. bishops toward the Trump administration.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
75 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., the danger of nuclear war is as high as ever. Our “deterrence” strategy needs to be reconsidered.
A nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible Covid-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., on July 27 in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin W. WildesWarren von Eschenbach
Imagine the potential for chaos once a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available. We need to decide now who should get the vaccine and when.