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July/August 2025

Vol. 233 / No. 1

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A pharmacy technician displays one of the drugs used to treat patients with HIV at Our Lady of Apostles Hospital in Akwanga, Nigeria, in this 2010 file photo. Like many such efforts, the hospital has been reliant on PEPFAR funding from the U.S. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Politics & Society Dispatches

Improvements in health care in Eswatini have relied for years on Pepper and the generosity of the American people. During the height of the H.I.V./AIDS pandemic, Eswatini’s population plummeted, and life expectancy dropped from 61 in 1988 to 44 by 2003.

Politics & Society Features

What did Papa Francisco see that we need to see? What tools do we have so we can choose correctly? And how do we act following our discernment?

Faith Features
Colleen DulleJune 26, 2025

What happened when the place I had gone for consolation became the focus of my anger

Faith Features
Christopher LandryJune 26, 2025

Treating symptoms—even treating illnesses—is not the same as treating a person.

Faith Faith and Reason
James K. A. SmithMay 12, 2025

I listened to Pope Leo’s first messages with Augustinian ears. In his first words from the balcony, and then in his homily at his first Mass, I heard abiding themes from the Doctor of Grace.

Faith Faith and Reason
Bronwen McSheaMay 20, 2025

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

Faith Faith and Reason

The Bible itself contains the most powerful argument against making the Ten Commandments a moral guide for all citizens.