When Pedro Arrupe, S.J., founded Jesuit Refugee Service in 1980, there were approximately 10 million forcibly displaced people in the world. Today, there are 120 million.
Politics & Society
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
President Biden should pressure Israel to end war in Gaza before he leaves office.
The Editors: This moment cries out for the kind of decisive action that perhaps only a lame-duck presidency can bring about: putting the burden of peace on Israel for bringing the war in Gaza to an end.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Strong climate commitments from the U.S. at COP29 may mean little in a second Trump administration
Looming on the geopolitical horizon this week is a significant threat to the multinational campaign on climate change that emerged far from Baku, when Donald Trump became president-elect of the United States.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
Caesars, presidents and apostles: Viewing the presidential election from Rome
I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor endorse any particular political philosophy.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
A spiritual response to the election: What matters for young people, our faith and the future
What are our young people learning? What will we do as people of faith to actively mitigate suffering? And, finally, what about the future?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Climate change is not only an environmental crisis. It also threatens families and traditional values.
We have recently seen entire communities wiped off the map by wildfires fueled by ever-hotter weather. This has grave implications for tradition, family and other goods that social conservatives value.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Donald Trump’s election has brought new fear to immigrant communities
“These are clear signs that the president-elect intends to carry out some of the worst campaign promises, including mass deportation,” Dylan Corbett, the executive director of Hope Border Institute, told America.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Italy broadened its ban on surrogacy. Will other European states do the same?
Pope Francis has condemned surrogacy as a form of “false compassion.” Now, in Italy, engaging in surrogacy in another country, even where it may be legal, will be a criminal offense for Italian citizens.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
As U.S. Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration
Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election will hang over the annual fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops.
Posted inFaith in Focus, Politics & Society
3 lessons from the synod for dealing with our post-election divisions
The fundamental insight of the synod was not only that attentive listening was helpful in decision making, but also that the Holy Spirit was at work in everyone.