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Indigenous women sit on a bench at a polling place in Sydney as Australians cast votes on Oct. 14, 2023, in a referendum that sought to enshrine an advocacy committee for Indigenous peoples in that nation’s Constitution. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Julian Sieber
After the defeat of “The Voice” referendum, there is still an opportunity for Australians to reckon with their past. Catholics worldwide should also seek reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Today, Pope Francis prayed “for all those who suffer” and said he hoped that “paths of peace” may be found for the conflict in the Middle East.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston is urging local Catholics to contribute resources for migrants arriving in Massachusetts, calling the situation a "major humanitarian and societal crisis."
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Throughout past two decades, America's editors have repeatedly called on political leaders to envision a future in which Israelis and Palestinians can flourish side by side.
Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn-in as Gabon's interim president during a Sept. 4, 2023, ceremony in Libreville, the nation's capital. Nguema seized power Aug. 30 after the military overthrew the incumbent president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, in the former French colony region in West and Central Africa. (OSV News photo/Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Gabon military leaders claimed that electoral malpractice was one of the reasons for the coup, but another surely must be the growing frustration of the general public with a ruling elite who live in luxury while life for average Gabonese, despite its oil riches, remains a struggle.
A Palestinian looks out from a hole in the wall of his house, damaged by airstrikes, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joshua StantonOlivia Brodsky
Some humility about how much we really know can help prevent toxic rhetoric when we talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with family, friends and colleagues of different faiths.