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A group of people in yellow vests holding signs saying "On strike" and "We work hard, show some respect"
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul James Macrae
President Trump has nominated Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former congresswoman backed by unions, as secretary of labor. Is it a sign of an improved relationship between labor and the G.O.P. ?
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, September 5, to the General Roman Calendar.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The letter also stated that Francis disagrees with identifying the illegal status of migrants with criminality, and called on the bishops “to walk together” and defend the human dignity of the migrants in their country.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
I cannot defend every entity that receives funding from U.S.A.I.D. I cannot even speak on behalf of C.R.S. But I can tell you what I saw when I traveled overseas to report on their work.
FaithFeatures
Kerry Weber
From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the complicated life of Catholic kitsch
FaithNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development, has urged the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump to remember Christian principles about caring for others.
The headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is seen in Washington in this file photo. The USCCB announced Feb. 7, 2025, it will lay off a third of its migration staff after President Donald Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement program. (OSV News photo/Tyler Orsburn, CNS file)
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Executive orders recently signed by Trump "are causing confusion both within various agencies and with those who interact with them."
FaithFaith in Focus
Amanda Knapp
Taking antidepressants doesn’t mean you trust God less.
FaithPodcasts
Jesuitical
This week, Zac and Ashley chat with Dr. Gina Zurlo, a scholar of world Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, about her groundbreaking research on women outpacing men in worldwide church participation.
Picturehouse
Arts & CultureCatholic Movie Club
John Dougherty
“Pan’s Labyrinth” embodies the core tension of Catholic life: the push and pull between the eternal and the worldly.
A woman holds cans of vegetable oil provided by U.S. Agency for International Development in Pajut, South Sudan, in this 2017 photo. Catholic Relief Services provided food assistance, with U.S.A.I.D. funding, to communities and people who returned to the area after being displaced during violence in 2013. (CNS photo/Nancy McNally, Catholic Relief Services)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Carolyn Woo
In partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development, CRS saves lives, empowers people and creates goodwill for the United States. All for less than one percent of our national budget.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin in ‘Hard Truths’ (Bleecker Street)
Arts & CultureFilm
Maurice Timothy Reidy
Why is Pansy so angry? That is, in many ways, the raison d’etre of ‘Hard Truths.’
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels, although just under one quarter of the nation’s Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.
FaithScripture Reflections
Grace Lenahan
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Grace Lenahan
FaithScripture Reflections
Leilani Fuentes
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by Leilani Fuentes
FaithScripture Reflections
Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Scholastica, Virgin, by Ashley McKinless
Arts & CultureMusic
Grant Kaplan
Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.
Residents walk by charred vehicles in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Jan. 31. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Approximately six million people have died in the conflict in the eastern D.R.C. since 1996. For decades, numerous armed groups have competed for power and control of this vast nation’s potential fortune.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attach a chain to a detained person on Jan. 27 in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Dylan Corbett
In the face of dangerous nativism and the possibility of state violence through deportation, the church will be challenged to offer a compelling and credible response.
FaithNews
Aamer Madhani - Associated Press
Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.