Voices

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
FaithShort Take
Instead of a point of pride and hope among all U.S. Catholics, the announcement of Cardinal-designate McElroy’s impending elevation became just another opportunity for Catholic twitterati to have at it.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Catholic Charities has established a command post of sorts at Sacred Heart Church in Uvalde, offering emotional and spiritual support to anyone able to receive it.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Long before Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, smaller conflicts have been displacing people and disrupting growing seasons and food markets around the world.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Researchers report that pandemic-associated orphanhood and caregiver loss are increasing at an unparalleled speed.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
“Haitians have been making their way north, trying to find a safer, more prosperous place” to work and live.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Elon Musk is making headlines by buying Twitter, but he is only one of the American oligarchs working to protect their wealth while fighting policies that would benefit the common good.
FaithFaith in Focus
If you’re 100 percent sure about faith...is it still faith?
Politics & SocietyNews
Two staff members and five others taking shelter at a Caritas office in Mariupol, Ukraine, were killed after the building was destroyed by tank fire.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Bishop Howard Hubbard admitted that he consistently transferred abusive priests without informing local police, families of abuse victims, or Catholics in parishes where the men were reassigned.
FaithLent Reflections
A Reflection for the Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke