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At the March for Life on Jan. 22, 2016, a police officer warns pro-choice activists to make way for pro-life marchers. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Politics & SocietyOpinion
Elizabeth Bruenig
Activists do not yet seem to have developed plans for engaging voters on the opposing side.
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Migrants and refugees must be given a dignified welcome, the pope said in his New Year's message.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Zac Davis
I haven't heard much from Jesus lately. But today I saw him, sketched in pencil by the hand of a mass murderer.
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Our citizenship is in Heaven. (Phil 3:20)
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Eyes of faith see things in the world that others insist are just not there.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Just five states, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas, accounted for all U.S. executions in 2016.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin

Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”

 
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Cokie Roberts
Do not expect a return to the days when comity could be coaxed with a little (or a lot) of bourbon and branch.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Dean Dettloff
Canadians will have to confront a difficult question: Is water a common good or a private commodity?
Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
We asked our readers what issues should President-Elect Donald J. Trump focus on in his first 100 days as president.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin

“Let us remind ourselves of those moments when our loved ones were forced to seek the mercy of others in a new land.”

FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Francis said he too wanted to give the faithful the gift of God's mercy for the coming year.

Politics & SocietyNews
Josh Cornfield - Associated Press
Jionni Conforti's sex and gender discrimination lawsuit comes as new regulations hailed as groundbreaking anti-discrimination protections for transgender people are under legal attack from religious groups.
Faith
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The church is at her absolute best when she is a bold and prophetic voice for the power of the love upon which our faith is based.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jake Martin
What is it about Sherlock; drama that elicits such admiration and, at times, troubling obsessiveness?
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
I haven't seen such an outburst of nationwide anger in many years.
California Dreaming? A Donald Trump campaign sign along a highway near Los Banos, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott

The real alternative government in the United States is not the federal Democratic Party, but the state government of California.

Faith
Louis J. Cameli
The dubia stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of 'Amoris Laetitia' and the renewal that began with Vatican II.
FaithNews
Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
The leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League, Matteo Salvini, called the pastor's actions an act of madness.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Families need something long lasting when coping with the heartbreaking wounds of losing their homes and loved ones, the pope said.