New Yorkers can be forgiven if they believed homelessness were a problem consigned to the past.
Politics & Society
Posted inColumns, Politics & Society
After a dispiriting election, accepting our not-so-greatness might be a saving grace
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
This bishop has helped free over 200 Christian hostages from ISIS
Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Social media: How social media helps us connect
Like any technology, it depends on how we use it.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The United States has a special obligation to take risks for refugees
No civilized society can remain indifferent to the clear suffering of so many at this time.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Trump has been fuzzy with data. That’s a problem when society relies on trustworthy data from its government.
One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Will Trump’s success beget a world of Trumpian copycats?
Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
So what’s the Benedict Option really about, retreat or re-engagement?
If we think the Benedict Option is going to be easier than the messy reality of modern parish life, we have not yet seen it clearly.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Europe’s union looks shakier than ever.
The continent ends the year much as it began: in disarray, devoid of any vision for the future and united in hardly any sense at all.
Posted inDispatches
Vatican launches website so you can follow Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission
The website provides the general public with regular updates on the commission’s work.