The Somali refugee crisis reaches a crescendo in East Africa.
It has been one of the terrible paradoxes of the modern global refugee crisis: Often those countries least capable of responding to the complex needs of refugees are the ones forced to shoulder the greatest burden in caring for them. Money may come in from more affluent donor states to assist in the
Can the Catholic Church work with the Philippines’ new president?
His election raises questions about the future role of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.
How gravitational waves show that science is a gateway to beauty and contemplation
The most fundamental motivation of science is the human desire for contemplation.
Of Many Things
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We need your experience and prayerful insight.
Letters
Reply All: America’s readers respond
Obama’s Missed OpportunityRe “Steering the Ship of State,” by Robert David Sullivan (6/6): This is not an objective look at our president’s legacy. President Obama has represented this country with grace, style and, for the most part, magnanimity. I have been grateful for his
Editorials
Is it time to move the line for embryo research? Here’s what’s missing from the debate.
An arbitrary line in the sand does nothing to achieve real moral balance.
Faith in Focus
How a mother’s death taught me to appreciate my past
There is a need to pass on the things that meant something to us.
Books
In Search of the Catholic Novel
‘The Relic Master,’ by Christopher Buckley; ‘The Man Who Loved Birds,’ by Fenton Johnson; “The Thing About December,’ by Donal Ryan
Landlords From Dickens
‘Evicted,’ by Matthew Desmond
The Ugly Details
‘The Way to the Spring,’ by Ben Ehrenreich
Film
In ‘Finding Dory’ sequel, it’s up to Dory to find herself.
“Finding Dory” might be a more interesting movie than “Nemo” without being any better.
The Word
Gospel: One Necessary Thing
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things” (Lk 10:41)
Gospel: the Lord of all
It is in the acting out of God’s love for each creature that we show whom we serve.
Columns
Feminism hasn’t lost its soul
Its truest purveyors are neither elite nor even much noticed.
Current Comment
Doubling up on boycotts
“If you boycott Israel,” said Gov. Cuomo, “New York will boycott you.”
The economic poverty crisis in Puerto Rico sheds a light on child poverty.
It is hard to imagine the U.S. government would ignore such persistent poverty levels on the mainland.
The Editors: Sustaining hope after Orlando
Forty-nine young lives cut down in Orlando in a collection of minutes. How even to fathom that; how to fix it?
Faith
Gospel: the Lord of all
It is in the acting out of God’s love for each creature that we show whom we serve.
Pope Francis’ case against the death penalty
“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”
Of Other Things
Don’t know what to do about gentrification? Listening is a good place to start.
It is only natural that longtime residents are wary of the new hipster on the block.
Signs Of the Times
Reconciliation Efforts In South Sudan
Ten months after an agreement ended armed conflict between forces loyal to South Sudan’s top political rivals, South Sudan’s bishops called for the nation to “rise above negativity” and pull together to achieve lasting peace in the world’s youngest nation. The prelates
After Orlando, Chicago Archbishop Urges Outreach, Gun Control
Acts of public mourning and solidarity were observed across the nation and around the world in the aftermath of the attack by a lone gunman in Orlando that claimed 49 lives and left 53 others wounded. Family members identified and began to bury their lost loved ones this week as expressions of regre
Marriage Prep
Because most people today do not understand that sacramental marriage really is a bond that binds them to each other for life, many marriages today can be considered invalid, Pope Francis said on June 16. “We are living in a culture of the provisional,” he told participants in the Dioces
Venezuela proves the suicidal perils of following any dogma to the extreme
“They’re telling Venezuelans to eat fried rocks.”
News Briefs
UNICEF reported on June 17 that 92 percent of some 7,600 children who made the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from Libya so far this year have been unaccompanied by adults, up from 68 percent last year. • The Rev. Hermann Scheipers, the last surviving priest to have been imprisoned
Holy Sepulcher Restoration
Syriac patriarchs, marking the two-year anniversary since Islamic State militants expelled Christians from a large part of Iraq, denounced “the ethno-religious genocide” of their people and called for the liberation of those areas. Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan and P
Patriarchs call for liberation of Iraqi lands where Christians lived
Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan and Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch in a joint statement, stressed that “the wound of forced emigration is still bleeding.”
Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ case against the death penalty
“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”
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