Palestinians have returned to see only mostly rubble in Gaza City as hundreds of aid trucks slowly made their way out of a gigantic Rafah crossing queue on Oct. 12.
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Posted inVatican Dispatch
Pope Leo pleads for a just peace as cease-fire in Gaza holds
As ceasefire in Gaza holds, Pope Leo XIV urges a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land and the ’disarming’ of our hearts.
Posted inYour Take
Your take: Charlie Kirk’s assassination and its aftermath
In an online piece titled “Who is being served by making Charlie Kirk a saint: God or Caesar?,” Father Sawyer wrestled with the political and spiritual remembrances of Mr. Kirk in the wake of his assassination. He questioned the evangelical effectiveness of attempting to convert people to Christ through politics and wrote: “I fear that whatever the best intentions of Mr. Kirk or his pastor or others connected to his Turning Point USA organization, the approach they take to politics results in treating the Gospel more as a means than an end.” Our readers had much to say in response.
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
After the government shutdown ends, will the U.S. be heading back to the future on health care?
Sister Mary Haddad, head of the Catholic Health Association, on the precarious state of U.S. health care—before and after the shutdown
Posted inShort Take
The Gospel alternative to scapegoating and political violence
René Girard warned that the desire to assign blame can generate violence in the manner of a meme spreading through society.
Posted inDispatches
A Catholic health nonprofit in Harlem prepares for an ICE crackdown
“The fear has been very great in our community,” Lucia Aguilar, L.S.A.’s director of family support services, said. The agency offers online resources for people with irregular residency to prepare for an encounter with ICE. “We want our families to be ready for the worst-case scenario.”
Posted inDispatches
At Red Mass, Cardinal McElroy presses Supreme Court to restore hope
Practitioners of law have an opportunity to restore that lost trust and hope, Cardinal McElroy said. “No group in our society has a greater capacity to remold our political discourse. No group has a deeper calling to bring hope.”
Posted inOf Many Things
Pro-choice politicians, Catholic teaching and the lessons we still can’t learn
The church had a fight over an award. But did anyone learn anything?
Posted inThe Weekly Dispatch
Trump vs. the Vatican at the UN general assembly
Despite the growing American threats to withdraw, Vatican officials still perceive the United Nations as a fundamental instrument of world peace and justice seeking.
Posted inShort Take
Democrats must face reality: They won’t win by moving left
While Americans are angry about income inequality, health care costs and corporate power, the social agenda of the left remains unpopular.