the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference also thanked 93-year-old Mugabe for “the good work he did for Zimbabwe during the liberation struggle” against white rule and as president.
Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis meets with Myanmar’s powerful military generals in a break with usual protocol
The pope’s first meetings would usually be with the head of state and head of government.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Myanmar’s Muslims wait in hope as pope’s visit begins
It is amid a mounting chorus of international condemnation and allegations of ethnic cleansing that Pope Francis makes his first visit to this troubled land.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis condemns attack on Egyptian mosque that leaves hundreds dead
The pope described the attack as a “wanton act of brutality directed at innocent civilians gathered in prayer.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops’ policy chair calls Senate tax bill ‘fundamentally flawed’
“The Senate proposal is fundamentally flawed as written and requires amendment,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane in a Nov. 22 letter to senators.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
New York switches to a ‘pilot program’ during annual C.C.H.D. collection. Did parishioners notice?
The change was in “no way” a response to the C.C.H.D.’s persistent online critics, an archdiocesan official says.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
When it comes to peace in Israel-Palestine, America isn’t the solution—it’s the problem.
Peace seems no closer than it did before the Oslo Accord.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
In cowboy country, inequality is not a bug. It’s a uniquely American strategy.
The goal is not to make sure everyone is safe and secure. It is to enable a few people to do really, really well.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Responding to sexual abuse will take years—and it should
If the tragic revelations of the Catholic Church’s sex abuse crisis are any guide, the process of reckoning with problems that have been avoided for decades will itself take decades.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. Bishops: Haiti cannot handle a return of 50,000 T.P.S. holders
D.H.S. has canceled Temporary Protective Status for Haitians, giving recipients until July 22, 2019, to leave the country.