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 Pope Francis greets Iraqi President Barham Salih at the Vatican Jan. 25, 2020. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Vatican sources acknowledge the visit, which Pope Francis has long hoped for, is “risky” under current conditions.
FaithFaith in Focus
Tatum Hunter
By inviting birth mothers into our conversations about reproductive politics, we risk complicating the stories we tell ourselves about adoption and the people who participate in it.
Viola Davis as Ma Rainey in ”Ma Rainey's Black Bottom” (David Lee/Netflix).
Arts & CultureFilm
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Chadwick Boseman also appears in his final performance before his untimely death.
Arts & CultureCatholic Book Club
Kevin Spinale
Peter Manseau, the curator of American religious history at the Smithsonian, offers his definitive description of Thomas Jefferson's eclectic efforts to remake the Bible in the Catholic Book Club's latest selection.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
As Covid-19 vaccines become available, is crucial that all government agencies work through the ethical conundrums of vaccine distribution beforehand—and be prepared to make hard decisions.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Public health experts said that faith leaders can leverage the trust of their congregations when it comes to encouraging the use of vaccines.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The ministry of a Catholic bishop must reflect the Catholic Church's commitment to Christian unity and must give ecumenical engagement the same kind of attention as work for justice and peace, said a new Vatican document.
FaithNews
Judith Sudilovsky
Israeli police arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the Mount of Olives Dec. 4.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jack Jenkins - Religion News Service
The show is not just about edge-of-your-seat action, but is also an indictment of faith-fueled conflict and a celebration of religious pluralism.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Kevin Christopher Robles
The sincerity of “Dash & Lily” extends far beyond its rom-com influences. It holds a deep, reverent love for New York.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
A conversation with Tsh Oxenreider about learning to love Advent.
FaithFaith in Focus
Kerry Weber
As we walk through this time of darkness, give us faith that we are headed toward brighter days.
A hooded figure in a hat looks from a dark space at the light pouring through a half-circle window in a door; the figure's eyes cannot be seen, just the light reflecting on their face
FaithAdvent Reflections
Maurice Timothy Reidy
A Reflection for the First Friday of Advent.
In this Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, photo, pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, right, and Agnes Chow speak to media outside a district court in Hong Kong. Wong, Chow and activist Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail on Wednesday, over charges related to an unauthorized anti-government protest last year at the city's police headquarters. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“[I]t’s not the end of the fight. Ahead of us is another challenging battleground. We’re now joining the battle in prison along with many brave protestors, less visible yet essential in the fight for democracy and freedom for HK.”
Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, England, is pictured in a Feb. 24, 2014, photo. An inquiry into the Catholic Church in England and Wales released Nov. 10, 2020, criticized Cardinal Nichols and the Vatican for failing to show compassion or leadership in the fight against child abuse. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)
FaithDispatches
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
After the latest report on the abuse of children by clergy and other in the Catholic Church in England and Wales, survivors are tired of promises and expressions of sorrow. They want structural reform.
A Mexican migrant worker picking blueberries at a farm in Lake Wales, Fla. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joaquin Castro
Congressman Joaquin Castro writes that Arturo S. Rodriguez, former president of the United Farm Workers, would be a champion of social justice as U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Pope Francis leads his general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 25, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithFaith in Focus
Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Córdoba was a kind of lockdown, self-isolating as so many of us have done lately, and it did me good.
Politics & SocietyYour Take
Our readers
When President-elect Joe Biden becomes President Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021, what should his first 100 days look like?
A woman, blurred out in the background, holds a red heart made of felt-like material in the foreground of the photo
FaithAdvent Reflections
Kevin Christopher Robles
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Francis Xavier.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
"I strongly reaffirm the right of persons with disabilities to receive the sacraments, like all other members of the church. All liturgical celebrations in the parish should be accessible to them."