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Having one Latino parish diocesan ministry is not enough.
President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Politics & Society(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Maybe our nostalgia for “better days” is simply a case of buyer’s remorse.
Politics & Society
The Editors
A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.
Painting of Martin Luther posting "The 95 Theses," c. 1871.
FaithDispatches
Judith Valente
“Lutherans and Catholics are on the way to greater unity," says Martin Marty.
La Palabra
Juan Luis Calderón
Ante los duros acontecimientos de la vida, Jesús nos invita a estar preparados, no con miedos, sino con esperanza. Ojalá que los nuevos tiempos que corren, con nuevo habitante en la Casa Blanca, no erradiquen nuestra esperanza. “Si se mantienen firmes, conseguirán la vida" (Lc 21:19).
A woman cries while taking part in an anti-Trump vigil in front of the White House in Washington Nov. 9. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
C. C. Pecknold
I still think Mr. Trump is unfit for office. But the American founders knew they were building a Republican system that would check executive power.
Hillary Clinton speaks in New York on Nov. 9 after conceding the presidential election to Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Margot Patterson
Clinton's loss says more about the enduring presence of sexism in our society than about populism.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Joseph J. Dunn
That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
No one should feel complacent about the divisions this election emphasized and exploited, which run far deeper than political allegiances.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Relations between the Holy See and Vietnam are moving ahead in a positive way.
Politics & SocietyFirst Monday
Ellen K. Boegel
The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment.”
FaithColumns
James T. Keane
Once grouped with the Irish and the Polish as a signally devout Catholic population, the citizens of Quebec are now quite the opposite.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Rhona Tarrant
The call to liberalize Ireland’s abortion laws has created significant political pressure.
A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reacts to the news that Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump won the election in the early morning hours of Nov. 9. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Joe Hoover, S.J.
It was a dark night and a bleak next morning. And then grace came.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
"We're talking about killing a human being," said Aubert Martin, executive director of a grassroots anti-euthanasia organization. "This is criminal."
Politics & SocietyNews
David Crary - Associated Press
Nebraska voters reinstated the death penalty. California, Nevada and Massachusetts approved measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.
Father Paul Crowley, S.J. (Santa Clara Magazine)
FaithIn All Things
Sean Salai
'The Exercises are a means to an end, but not an end in themselves. We shouldn’t mystify them or turn them into a third testament.'
Pins reading "The America Decide" are displayed during a reception organized by the U.S. Embassy to wait for the results of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Despite months of pre-election polls showing Catholics backing Hillary Clinton, exit polls show Donald Trump won a majority of Catholic votes on Tuesday.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’