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Arts & CultureBooks
Sarah Ramey in her new book: "My case went unsolved for fourteen years because no one would listen to me and the reason they would not listen to me is because I am a woman.”
Arts & CultureBooks
James T. Keane
Charlie Kaufman's debut novel is not for the faint of heart. But it rewards the effort to read through a story about self-perception and the internal monologues that rattle through all of our heads.
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Arts & CultureIdeas
Thomas P. Harmon
The question Lewis proposed is analogous to the one we have to deal with now: What use is it to study during wartime? 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Judith Sudilovsky
According to the Oslo Accords, Israel retains control over security and land management in “Area C,” 60 percent of the West Bank, where Mr. Abu Eid’s orchard is located. He feels his land is under constant threat of confiscation by Israel.
FaithFaith in Focus
Simcha Fisher
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Louisville police officers stand guard on Sept. 26, as demonstrators march during a peaceful protest after a grand jury handed down an indictment on Sept. 23 for one of three police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. (CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Dwayne David Paul
The moral legitimacy of modern policing is poisoned by Its racist and anti-worker roots, writes Dwayne David Paul. We must give up the idea that the state provides safety through force and violence.
Police officers in Atlanta kneel with protesters on June 1, following a white police officer’s killing of George Floyd, an African American, in Minneapolis on May 25. (CNS photo/Dustin Chambers, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tobias Winright
Law enforcement in the United States has been tainted by racism, writes Tobias Winright, but we can reimagine and cultivate a new culture of ”just policing.”
FaithNews
Associated Press
Seven more Swiss Guards have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing to 11 confirmed cases
Politics & SocietyNews
Thomas J. Reese
One tip: Keep partisan politics out of the parish bulletin and the parish website.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Father Maccalli was serving in a parish in Bomoanga, Niger, when militant extremists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin, a branch of al-Qaida in Mali, kidnapped him in September 2018.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
San Francisco's archbishop plans to conduct an exorcism Oct. 17 at the site of a now-toppled statue of St. Junipero Serra at St. Rafael Mission Church in San Rafael.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
We do not simply submit because someone must rule. Having been given some say, we must strive to speak according to what we think Christ would have us say.
FaithNews Analysis
Colleen Dulle
A maskless Pope Francis met guests at a crowded indoor papal audience last week, kissing the hands of newly ordained priests and embracing people who pulled their masks down or did not wear masks at all, flouting the Vatican’s coronavirus protocols.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jane Sloan Peters
As I watch Amy Coney Barrett’s resilience and composure during the confirmation hearings, I wonder if I, too, could live a bit louder as the woman I am.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Just three weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads among Catholic voters in the United States.
Politics & SocietyNews
Lisa Mascaro—Associated PressMark Sherman - Associated PressLaurie Kellman—Associated Press
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was called “unashamedly pro-life” by her Republican Senate champion with Democrats running out of time to stop her quick confirmation.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
A Vatican criminal court has accused Father Gabriele Martinelli of repeatedly sexually abusing a younger student at a seminary inside the Vatican.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the Vatican’s existing protocols and why Pope Francis may be hesitant to wear a mask.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
A political analyst allegedly hired as a security consultant by Cardinal Angelo Becciu was arrested by Italian authorities in Milan, Italian media reported.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The purpose of crying out to the Lord in prayer is not to get used to suffering, but to remember that God, and not humankind, is the only source of salvation and consolation, Pope Francis said.