Voices

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Dispatches
"At the same time, I offer prayers to the Lord for his rest and I entrust the whole Cuban people to the maternal intercession of our Lady of the Charity of El Cobre."
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Researchers say deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, “are pushing species populations to the edge.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
An apparent overnight rapture has claimed most residents of the neighborhoods surrounding Wrigley Field.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Deforestation, pollution, overfishing and the illegal wildlife trade, together with climate change, "are pushing species populations to the edge.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Activists are demanding that the New York Senator take a stand against the Algonquin natural gas pipeline.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
The people of southern Haiti are traumatized and the landscape has suffered “complete devastation.” Hurricane Matthew survivors “have never seen anything like this,” Christopher Bessey, the country representative for Haiti for Catholic Relief Services, reports. The Category 4
Dispatches
The Republican candidate quickly affirmed last night that “the justices that I'm going to appoint will be pro-life."
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Hurricane Matthew survivors “have never seen anything like this.” The Category 4 hurricane was the fiercest storm to make landfall here in 52 years.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
The death toll in Haiti had exceeded 370.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
The Russian countermeasures on proliferation followed quickly on the heels of a U.S. decision to suspend what had become fruitless negotiations toward a cease-fire in Syria. The setback does not bode well for near-term progress on U.S.-Russia disarmament, an effort that has been stalled for years af