Steam rises from the cooling towers of a nuclear power station in Nogent-Sur-Seine, France. (CNS photo/Charles Platiau, Reuters)

Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew urgently appeal for global action on climate change

by Gerard O’Connell September 1, 2017

While their message is a general appeal, it would seem to be addressed to the administration of President Trump, which has taken the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

A demonstration in support of the DACA program took place in front of the White House on Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Miami archbishop: If Arpaio gets amnesty, why not undocumented immigrants?

by Michael J. O’Loughlin August 30, 2017

Catholic leaders voice alarm that the president will end the DACA program protecting undocumented individuals brought to the U.S. as children.

Faith

Sean Spicer meets the Pope

by America Video August 30, 2017

Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer fulfills lifelong dream of meeting Pope Francis. Full story: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith…

Politics & Society, Short Take

A case against constant provocation

by Nathan Schneider August 29, 2017

To “Make America Great Again” or “#resist,” we must begin by not permitting a few voices vying for power to divide and conquer our consciousness.

In this Jan. 26, 2016 photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer).

Politics & Society, Short Take

Pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio is part of a long history of discrimination

by Antonio De Loera-Brust August 29, 2017

The sheriff is the personification of law enforcement behaving lawlessly.

Claudio Montes checks a shipping manifest for U.S. manufactured parts heading to assembly plants in Mexico at Freight Dispatch Service Agency LTD in Pharr, Texas in June 2017. The freight service ships parts between the U.S. and Mexico that pass through the border freely due to the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, File)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

In NAFTA negotiations, Mexico shows cautious optimism

by Jan-Albert Hootsen August 29, 2017

Nafta has been the world’s most valuable trade deal, and its consequences are more deeply felt in Mexico than in the United States or Canada.

Faith, News

Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis

by Michael J. O’Loughlin August 29, 2017

Mr. Spicer, a Catholic, had expressed a desire to meet Pope Francis in May, but he was left off the list of U.S. officials who accompanied President Trump to the Vatican.