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FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
On "Inside the Vatican" this week, Gerard O'Connell explains why he was skeptical of a supposed leak of Pope Francis' forthcoming document on the Amazon.
Caucus goers check in at Roosevelt High School on Feb. 3 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Robert David Sullivan
We still do not have the official results from the Iowa caucuses, writes Robert David Sullivan, but we have lessons to learn from the fiasco.
In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has a Medicaid deal for states: more control over health care spending on certain low-income residents if they agree to a limit on how much the feds kick in. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“It is unacceptable for the federal government to walk away from its shared commitment under the Medicaid program to ensure care for all low-income and vulnerable individuals in our country,” reads a statement released on Jan. 31 by the Catholic Health Association, the domestic justice committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Charities USA.
Arts & CultureBooks
Kaya Oakes
A prolific Catholic writer is himself now the subject of a biography from Liturgical Press.
Politics & SocietyNews
Manuel Rueda - Catholic News Service
The Nina Maria day care center is one of many projects run by the Diocese of Cucuta to help Venezuelan migrants, who are leaving their country to escape poverty, violence and an increasingly authoritarian government.
Politics & SocietyNews
Manuel Rueda - Catholic News Service
Venezuelan migrants and refugees have ended up mostly in nearby countries like Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where governments have struggled to provide them with basic services.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce new regulations on religious practices.
Politics & SocietyNews
Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service
Trump proposed the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements, creating Israeli enclave communities in the heart of the West Bank while promising the possibility of a future independent Palestinian state under certain conditions.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The first synodal assembly on the future the Catholic Church in Germany drew both praise and some criticism, with many of the 230 participants lauding what they called a special atmosphere in the debates on key reforms.
Some recent best picture winners, clockwise from top left: “Crash,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Greenbook” and “Spotlight” (photo: CNS/Fox Searchlight/IMDB)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
The morality of the Academy Awards may be suspect. But there is a conscience at work.
Politics & SocietyNews
Ryan Di Corpo
John O. Brennan, former C.I.A. director and a vociferous critic of President Trump, said at Fordham Law on Jan. 30 that the U.S. drone strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani had no clear legal basis.
FaithInterviews
Sean Salai
America's "The Word" columnist, Jaime L. Waters, reflects on how her Catholic faith informs her academic and spiritual understanding of sacred Scripture.
Politics & SocietyNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Bishops from the Western United States reflect on their vocations while celebrating Mass at the Vatican during their ad limina visitation.
Politics & SocietyNews
Mike Mastromatteo
Msgr. Frank Del Prete, pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Parish in Saddle River, New Jersey, remembers Higgins Clark not only as a talented writer but also as a lively, committed parishioner.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The three other seminarians -- Pius Kanwai, Peter Umenukor and Stephen Amos -- were released in late January.
Empty streets in Jiujiang, China, on Feb. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“I hope the supplies could reach where they are needed as soon as possible, so that people who are suffering the disease could feel the concern from the Holy See,” Father Han told the Global Times. “The whole world is standing together to fight the virus.”
Georgetown University's LGBTQ Resource Center is, says Father Martin, a model for other Catholic colleges and universities. (CNS photo/Elizabeth Bachmann) 
FaithFeatures
James Martin, S.J.
Father James Martin on how to best care for people who have probably doubted they are loved by God.
FaithExamen
James Martin, S.J.
Simeon and Anna's story is a reminder of the virtue of patience and the necessity of waiting in the Christian life, even if you are prophets like they were.
Photo: IMDB
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
Watching the finale, my mind wandered through places in my life that have been special to me.
Jyuddah James, Rose Williams and Crystal Clarke in ‘Sanditon’ (photo: PBS)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Series creator Andrew Davies has made explicit much of what is implicit in English novels of the period, including matters of sex and race.