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Pope Francis named Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli as undersecretary for faith and development at the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Sister Smerilli is pictured meeting the pope at the Vatican in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media, courtesy Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development)
Faith Dispatches
September 16, 2021
Increasing the visibility of women and tapping the wisdom they offer will surely encourage laypeople around the world. Religious sisters and nuns were ranked more trustworthy than bishops, priests and the Vatican in a recent survey of U.S. Catholics sponsored by America.
In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 16, 2021
America’s top military chief was scorched by right-wing media outlets after book excerpts depicted a series of pre-emptive moves, not to protect the nation from a new terrorist threat but to save it from its outgoing president.
Felician Sisters Marilyn Minter and Inga Borko treat a young patient in Jacmel. Photo courtesy of the Felician Sisters of North America
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 13, 2021
To outsiders, the situation can appear completely beyond repair, but that is not the reality Sister Marilyn has come to know in Jacmel. “People need to hear that Haitians are survivors,” she said. “They are people of hope.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán addresses the media as he arrives on the first day of the European Union summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 24, 2021. Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with Orbán Sept. 12 after celebrating the final Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress. (CNS photo/John Thys, Reuters pool)
Politics & Society Dispatches
September 10, 2021
In his meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Pope Francis is not as likely to celebrate the Hungary-first tendencies of Mr. Orban and his ruling Fidesz Party.
Politics & Society Dispatches
August 27, 2021
“I know that I live in safety. I know that I don’t have to worry about being kidnapped, being hurt; I don’t have to worry about being hit by an I.E.D.” Ahmad wishes that same security for his family and the people of Afghanistan.
Faithful in Miami sing during Mass at St. Mary Cathedral on the feast of the Assumption, Aug. 15, 2021. (CNS photo/Marlene Quaroni, Florida Catholic)
Politics & Society Dispatches
August 26, 2021
At some parishes a battle line has been drawn between parishioners willing to mask up again and those who perceive masks as unnecessary, ineffective or, at worst, a violation of their freedom.
A woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La., Aug. 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
August 17, 2021
“We have to be promoting the common good, and this is the one of the ways that we do it,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with America.
Politics & Society Interviews
August 12, 2021
Mary Haddad, R.S.M., the C.E.O. and president of the Catholic Health Association, agrees that more must be done now to halt the advance of the Delta variant.
Politics & Society Dispatches
August 06, 2021
Father Kelly is on probation after serving time for his most recent acts of civil disobedience in protest of the U.S. nuclear weapons regime.
Students of Drexel Neumann Academy pray during Mass at St. Katharine Drexel Church in Chester, Pa., on May 24, 2021. (CNS photo/Sarah Webb, CatholicPhilly.com)
Politics & Society Dispatches
August 05, 2021
Bishops around the country are reassessing diocesan policies for mask wearing at Mass as the Delta variant propels a new spike in Covid-19 cases, particularly among the unvaccinated.