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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the floor after the House adjourned until later in the evening as the House meets for a second day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
In a sense, what we have is a three-party House in which the (non-)functional majority lacks a coalition agreement.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In the wake of the death of pope emeritus Benedict XVI earlier today, U.S. Catholics offered public condolences and prayers.
FaithNews Analysis
Christopher ParkerJill RiceCristobal SpielmannJames T. Keane
What Catholics made the most news in 2022, and for what? A year-end list with America's choices.
A man stands on a stage dressed in a grey blazer and blue button-down shirt
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Christopher Parker
Electronic encryption allows people to keep a list of information secure and untouchable by centralized powers. To some investors and speculators, and apparently to some Catholics, that possibility holds enormous appeal.
A voter drops off her ballot on Nov. 7, 2022, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File) 
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John Gehring
Voters generally rejected “election denier” candidates this year, but barriers to full voter access remain significant. Catholics still have an important role to play in protecting democracy.
Members of the Abolitionist Action Committee protest capital punishment in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on June 29, 2022, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia, which determined the death penalty was unconstitutional. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
According to the Death Penalty Information Center: “Seven of the 20 execution attempts were visibly problematic—an astonishing 37 percent—as a result of executioner incompetence, failures to follow protocols, or defects in the protocols themselves.”