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Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Facebook, fact-checking and the case for giving legacy media another chance
You know who is not getting rid of fact-checking? The editors and journalists in the much-derided legacy media.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
How Catholic is the new Congress?
To paraphrase E.J. Dionne’s dictum about the Catholic vote, there is no Catholic bloc in Congress, and yet, the Catholic members of the House and Senate matter a great deal.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Biden awards Pope Francis Presidential Medal of Freedom, nation’s highest civilian honor
Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Debt relief advocates make their case to Joe Biden before he leaves the White House
More than 60 Catholic institutions, congregations and individuals have signed a letter imploring Mr. Biden to endorse a new round of assistance to the world’s most indebted nations from the International Monetary Fund.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Cardinal McElroy is a man of dialogue. Trump should be willing to talk—and listen—to him.
In 2017 speech to a conference of the World Meeting of Popular Movements, Cardinal McElroy, the newly appointed archbishop of Washington, gives a hint as to how he might approach the incoming Trump administration.
Posted inFaith in Focus, Politics & Society
A prayer for a city I love, the City of Angels
In Los Angeles, people stay for the movie credits. After the awful images of these fires are gone, they will stay to rebuild their city, too.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis addresses war, fake news and our reasons for hope in New Year address to diplomats
Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address to the ambassadors of the 184 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Jimmy Carter and the lofty vocation of citizenship
Americans can learn much about citizenship from Jimmy Carter’s public service and humble faith.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Biden cancels final foreign trip, including meeting with Pope Francis, amid California wildfires
President Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, to “remain focused on directing the full federal response” in the wake of the devastating wildfires raging in California.