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Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Andrew Butler - Catholic News Service
Wells of Hope also is building homes for those in the community.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Catholic groups involved in climate change advocacy are frustrated over lack of progress in wake of UN climate talks in Spain.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
The measure, H.R. 4916, which now goes to the Senate for a vote, would improve conditions for immigrant farmworkers and their families
President Donald Trump at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Nov. 28, during a Thanksgiving Day visit. U.S. and international forces have been on the ground here ever since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
The Afghanistan Papers suggest that we still have not learned the lessons of history, writes Drew Christiansen, S.J., including a sense of humility and an awareness of human fallibility.
Arts & CultureBooks
Liam Callanan
Can poetry matter? Yes. Can the Catholic writer today matter? Of course. But it is instructive that Gioia’s essay and book title does not ask the latter question.
Pope Francis gives the homily marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 12. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis has abolished the pontifical secret for sexual misconduct cases concerning clerics, reports America’s Vatican correspondent Gerard O'Connell, a decision long called for by survivors of abuse.
Politics & SocietyNews
Katie Rutter - Catholic News Service
Each December the university publicly displays around 100 curated sets.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina and Aysha Khan, Religion News Service
On a podium, a message reads: “What if this family sought refuge in our country today?”
‘Watchmen‘'s main character, Angela Abraham, right, is played by the ever-outstanding Regina King (photo: HBO).
Arts & CultureTelevision
Jim McDermott
The new show from Damon Lindelof is more than another high concept sci-fi series.
FaithNews
David Crary - Associated Press
Numerous prominent pastors have pondered the question of a sermon's length.
Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Doreen Abi Raad - Catholic News Service
"We want to help people feel the joy of Christmas," Sabine Bou Serhal, 22, a chief for the group, told Catholic News Service.
FaithNews
Gerard O’Connell
Francis had decided to present Father Fiorito’s writings in the Jesuit Curia as “a way to express my gratitude for all that the Society [of Jesus] has given me and done for me.”
FaithNews
Associated Press
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa said he wanted to bring some holiday cheer to Gaza's Christians because it remains unclear whether they will be able to travel to Bethlehem in the West Bank for the holiday.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Our civic duty requires us to rise above partisan and sectional interests and to act to preserve the constitutional order.
FaithExamen
James Martin, S.J.
The Rev. James Martin, S.J. leads listeners through a guided reflection on preparing yourself for the new entrance of Jesus into your heart and life during Advent.
Politics & SocietyNews
Francois Gloutnay - Catholic News Service
The story sparked outrage in some Canadian Catholic circles.
Arts & CultureFilm
Eve Tushnet
With “A Hidden Life,” the writer and director Terrence Malick set himself a bold and perhaps impossible task: using all the visual resources of film to represent faith itself.
Arts & CultureFilm
Eve Tushnet
A Christie parody for Trump’s America, where the embodiment of chastising justice isn’t the detective but the scapegoat, is a strange, potentially powerful concept.
Elizabeth Canavan, Patrice Johnson Chevannes, Kara Young and Benja Kay Thomas in “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” (photo: Monique Carboni).
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
The author of the play “Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven” says prayer may be his most valuable writing hack.
A protestor holds a flag that reads: "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" at a rally in Hong Kong on Dec. 12. Protesters wrote hundreds of Christmas cards for detainees jailed during the city's pro-democracy movement. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
In recent weeks, the Chinese government has intensified rhetoric against Christian churches in Hong Kong, portraying them as part of the “foreign hostile forces” that seek to create political unrest aimed at bringing down China’s one-party rule.