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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign rally on Sunday, March 1, in Norfolk, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Robert David Sullivan
The stop-Sanders movement is coalescing around Joe Biden, writes Robert David Sullivan, but is it too late? Super Tuesday may provide the answer.
FaithInterviews
Sean Salai
The Very Rev. Mark Morozowich on the role of women deacons in the early Eastern church and how historical theology shapes our discussion on the question of women deacons now.
FaithExamen
James Martin, S.J.
Try to see Lent as not simply a “giving up,” but an invitation from God to become the person God wants you to be. 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
It was the pope’s first public appearance in four days.
FaithFaith in Focus
Valerie Schultz
Most writers walk a fine line between stealing from life and exploiting life.
FaithFaith in Focus
Karen Wright Marsh
“The function of prayer is not to influence God,” Kierkegaard said, “but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Jason Berry
Ernest Gaines wrote a number of classic novels, including "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman."
Photo: Zed Nelson
Arts & CultureFilm
David Stewart
Filmed over four years, the film is about the change that has come to Hoxton, the city’s latest chic, hipsterish district.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
For the second day in a row, Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, suspended his public audiences scheduled for today, Feb. 28.
FaithJesuitical
Jesuitical
It is a beautiful thing when the sacred and the quirky come together in such a way that only Catholicism can arrange.
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden meets with attendees during a campaign event, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The only Democratic candidate whom a majority of poll respondents viewed as very or somewhat religious is former Vice President Joe Biden, who appeared at public events on Ash Wednesday with ashes on his forehead.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael Swan - Catholic News Service
For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L'Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.
Politics & SocietyNews
Peter Ajayi Dada - Catholic News Service
Nigeria's bishops called on the international community to help the West African country in its fight against ethnic insecurity and terrorist groups such as Boko Haram.
Politics & SocietyNews
Nicole Winfield - Associated Press
The Legion of Christ religious order is promising accountability and transparency following damaging new revelations of sex abuse and cover-up that have undermined its credibility, a decade after revelations of its pedophile founder disgraced the order.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Christian leaders in New Delhi have condemned the communal violence in the Indian capital and asked churches to open their doors to victims of the riots.
FaithFaith and Reason
Matthew D. Walz
Anyone dissatisfied with the current state of elementary and high school education might ask why we don't return to classical educational models.
A street scene in Bartella. Photo by Rami Esa Saqat and Fadi Esa Saqat.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Xavier Bisits
With the liberation of parts of Iraq from ISIS in 2017, Iraq’s Christians returned home to two unwelcome developments. Their homes had been burned, looted or destroyed by ISIS and Iran-backed groups who helped defeat ISIS—known as Popular Mobilization Forces—now controlled their towns.
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome Feb. 26, 2020. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari, pool)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope’s spokesman said “his other meetings proceed regularly.” His words were intended to downplay the concern that his condition might be in any way serious.
FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
We are always tempted to make faith into something that we handle, not a way by which we surrender.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael Sainsbury - Catholic News Service
The Chinese government has temporarily closed all of the country's places of worship in an effort to contain the COVID-19 respiratory coronavirus that has now killed almost 3,000 people, with more than 80,000 around the world verified with infections.