Voices

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Signs Of the Times
Archbishop Christophe Pierre suggests he is not interested in engaging in a cultural battle when he begins his new assignment.
Dispatches
If Kenya moves forward on its repatriation plans, what can returning Somalis expect to confront in their home country?
News
Despite the significant achievement of the Iran nuclear deal, the president’s Prague agenda has been mostly stalled since 2010.
Dispatches
Bishop McElroy proposes turning the diocesan synod into a biannual, theme-driven event.
Signs Of the Times
Millions of New Yorkers presumably would have to be evacuated in the event of a major accident at the nuclear facility.
Dispatches
'Those who are afraid of you have not looked at you in the eyes. Those who are afraid of you do not see your faces. Those who are afraid of you do not see your children.'
News
An emotional Spence said this afternoon that critics went after him "full-court on the blogoshere” over the past few days.
Signs Of the Times
Commenting on the apostolic exhortation during a press discussion a few hours after its formal release on April 8, Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth, said, “Amoris Laetitia” was focused
News
"That there are over 20 million people callously held in modern slavery in our world today is a mark of deep shame on the face of our human family."
Synod on the Family
The exhortation is “an inspirational aid" to "generously accompany couples as they prepare for marriage and throughout their married life."