The half-hearted “sorry if people were offended” apologies have been Olympian exercises in gaslighting, but I find myself wishing that the Christian community reserved some of that righteousness for more legitimate experiences of persecution.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Ukraine and the troubling future of A.I. warfare
Reports are already surfacing of drones launched into Russia that are relying on artificial, not human, intelligence in decisions to evade defensive countermeasures, pick targets and finally conclude a strike.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I’m tired of hearing politicians say ‘This is not who we are’ after political violence
My fellow Americans, I have some bad news: This is who we are.
Posted inFaith, The Weekly Dispatch
After 35 years, a final settlement reached in the Mount Cashel Orphanage sex abuse cases
A court-empowered third-party insolvency monitor has ordered the Archdiocese of St. John’s to pay over 104 million Canadian dollars (about $76 million) to 292 survivors of Mount Cashel who were victimized behind its walls.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
What gives a martyr hope
A Reflection for Memorial of St. Augustine Zhao Rong, priest, and companions, martyrs, by Kevin Clarke
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
The Supreme Court opened the door to criminalizing homelessness. Catholic bishops say there are better solutions.
“Policies that criminalize homelessness are a direct contradiction of our call to shelter those experiencing homelessness and care for those in need,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Immigration and declining fertility are shaping elections in Europe and the U.S.
Both the United States and the European Union are experiencing a period when double-digit percentages of foreign-born people have been able to achieve legal residency.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
The power of a vow
A Reflection for Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
‘The world’s on fire’: How the Catholic Church is responding to global warfare
Humankind has been a constant witness to wars and rumors of wars, but we seem to be entering a particularly conflict-cursed time.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Mexico’s first woman president will face border, crime and climate challenges
López Obrador says he plans to go quietly into political retirement, but AMLO playing Benedict to Claudia Sheinbaum’s Francis will be just one of the incoming Mexican president’s major challenges.