On Sunday Francis will canonize Mama Antula in a ceremony that will also mark his first meeting with Argentina’s new libertarian president, Javier Milei.
Politics & Society
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
No end in sight to Palestinian suffering after collapse of latest ceasefire plan
What happens in the aftermath of the I.D.F.’s Rafah assault remains hard to discern. Where do the Palestinians go next? How will they live? How will they be fed and sheltered?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Good news for immigration advocates: The Senate bill is dead. Bad news: There’s nothing else.
All but four Senate Republicans and six Democrats voted to block the bipartisan bill’s passage yesterday. The actions of members from both parties concerned immigration advocates.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Interfaith peacemakers cannot remain neutral on Gaza
Many in the Arab and Muslim communities are distressed that interfaith leaders and organizations seem unable to take a clear moral and ethical stand against the war on Gaza.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Gaza, Ukraine and what makes a ‘just war’
The overriding concern is that the goal of a just war must always be to restore or establish peace.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Jesus told us how we would be judged. Will our treatment of migrants pass the test?
Included in the list of actions against which our lives will be judged is: Did we welcome Jesus when he was a stranger?
Posted inDispatches, Faith
As St. Brigid relic returns to Irish Kildare, bishop reminds all of her strong faith, hospitality
Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare and Leighlin said he hoped that the newly returned relic of St. Brigid would inspire people to show hospitality to asylum-seekers, at a time of growing protests about immigration in the country.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Northern Ireland has a Catholic prime minister for the first time in history
The president of the Irish bishop’s conference hailed an agreement that sees a Catholic take the top political job in Northern Ireland for the first time in its history as an “opportunity for a fresh start and a new beginning.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Indigenous peoples struggle to recover from genocidal campaign unleashed under Brazil’s President Bolsonaro
Over the four-year administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, between 2019 and 2023, 570 Yanomami children perished as 20,000 wildcat miners, known in Brazil as garimpeiros, tore up the forest in what should have been protected Yanomami territory, seeking gold, tin and minerals used in contemporary hi-tech products.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: What it means to be a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Catholic in the fight against racism
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are joined by Matthew Cressler, creator of “Bad Catholics, Good Trouble,” a webcomic series about anti-racism and struggles for justice across U.S. Catholic history.