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Pope Francis exchanges greetings with Ken Hackett, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, and his wife, Joan, during a meeting with ambassadors to the Holy See at the Vatican, Jan. 13, 2014 (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
Dispatches
Gerard O’Connell
Ken Hackett has a distinguished record in the humanitarian field having worked for 40 years with Catholic Relief Services.
News
Paul Jeffrey - Catholic News Service
Bishop Cantu, who serves as chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, said that as a U.S. citizen, he arrived in Hiroshima with a sense of "sorrow and repentance."
News
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
French and British Catholic bishops urged their governments to settle a growing refugee crisis around the port of Calais, where highways have been blocked and migrants from Africa and the Middle East have died attempting illegal crossings of the Channel Tunnel, or Chunnel."These men and women c
News
Catholic News Service
Aborting unborn babies who have disabilities decried by pro-life groups
News
Adelle Banks - Religion News Service
Black churches will be redoubling efforts to maintain access to the ballot box.
Poetry
James Matthew Wilson
 I/Blaise Pascal“The silence of these infinite spaces frightens me:The dark dissolves to numbered points and emptiness.I’ve tried to write of it, but the imploding blank Swallows what words I speak, absorbs the light I seek.I prayed. I knelt, but the rings round the plafond shr
Catholic Book Club
Kevin Spinale
Henri Nouwen’s 1992 book is a slim volume packed with art and insight into divine love.
Children in flight from ISIS in Sinjar, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2014. (CNS photo/Rodi Said, Reuters)
News
Kevin Clarke
A year after ISIS stormed across Nineveh, survivors wonder when, or if, they will ever be able to return home.
Vantage Point
Our readers
Editors Note: The following letters were published in America between September 1945 and November 1946. We share them here to honor the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  NEED FOR POSTWAR CONTROLSEDITOR : I regret not writing you earlier about the excellent ar
President Lyndon B. Johnson and The Voting Rights Act
In All Things
Joseph McAuley
People will have their opinions about the 36th President, about what he did and what he failed to do; but no one can dispute this great act.
In All Things
Kristen Day
What are the practical implications of diverting federal funding towards community clinics?
The Good Word
Terrance Klein
When we truly love others, we begin to see the world through their eyes; we look to the future with them in mind.
The Word
John W. Martens
A reflection on St. Paul’s complex teachings regarding the Torah and Jesus’ own words
The Word
John W. Martens
Ancient Roman society was profoundly hierarchical and this can grate on readers today when they encounter certain biblical passages Prime among these are ancient household codes which delineate the duties and responsibilities of family members to one another Part of the purpose of these passages
Books
Robert Bireley, S.J.
'Thomas Cromwell,' by Tracy Borman
Books
James P. McCartin
'Eugene O’Neill,' by Robert M. Dowling
Books
Patrick Howell
'Are Non-Christians Saved?' by Ambrose Mong
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
U.S. Catholic leaders have called on Congress to ensure that the federal minimum wage is raised to “improve the financial security of millions of American families.” In a letter, dated July 28, Bishop Thomas Wenski, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human
Signs Of the Times
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
As hidden-camera videos of Planned Parenthood staff strategizing to market fetal tissue and organs continued to be released on the Internet, rallies took place in 65 cities across the nation. Pro-life advocates from across the Salt Lake Valley in Utah demonstrated peacefully in front of a Planned Pa