Despite the year’s setbacks and geopolitical turmoil, there is still hope that the world community can address persisting challenges of poverty, armed conflict and climate change.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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Pope Leo, Elon Musk and the impact of extreme wealth
Pope Leo XIV got into a wee spat with the $434 billion man, Elon Musk, this week, to the extent that Mr. Musk was forced to resort to Scripture.
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Catholic immigrant advocates caught ‘flat-footed’ by Trump chart a path forward
On immigration enforcement: “If there is any institution in this country that can stop what is happening, it is the Catholic Church.”
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U.S. bishops call for ‘conversion’ on immigration
“Deportation is not an immigration policy,” Archbishop José Gomez said at a Georgetown roundtable on Sept. 11 featuring four bishops.
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Trump’s deadly strike on a drug-trafficking boat sets a dangerous example
The notion of targeted killings “was never lawful,” even when it was aimed exclusively at terrorism suspects, and it is thoroughly unlawful “when it’s aimed at drug trafficking suspects.”
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Why is Israel targeting journalists in Gaza?
In the midst of the horror show that is Gaza, the targeting and assassination of journalists in Gaza remains worth calling out.
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What difference have I made?
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke
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The Trump administration’s friendly neighborhood military takeover of Washington
If you head to Washington seeking evidence of the city’s military takeover, you are very likely to come away disappointed.
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Be like Pope Leo: Take all your vacation days—without guilt
By getting out of Rome for vacation at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo sets a good example, especially for us Americans.
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Vatican workers now get 5 days of paid paternity leave. That’s 5 more than U.S. dads.
Alone among its international peers, the United States has no national mandate for paid maternity or paternity leave.