Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia listens Nov. 14 during the annual fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Philly archbishop says the press is being too hard on President Trump

by Michael J. O’Loughlin February 13, 2017

On conservative radio show, Archbishop Chaput says “elites” in the media are hostile to voters of faith.

Arts & Culture, Ideas

John Oliver: Comic Crusader Against the Status Quo

by Jake Martin February 10, 2017

“Last Week Tonight” is the best example of the power that humor can have in bringing about change.

Gwendalynn Roebeke, left, is among dozens of people at a travel ban protest at the University of Colorado in Boulder on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. ( Cliff Grassmick/Daily Camera via AP)

News, Politics & Society

U.S. bishops welcome court decision to reject Trump’s travel ban

by From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources February 10, 2017

In a rebuke to the Trump administration on Feb. 9, the three federal appellate judges sided with the states of Washington and Minnesota on nearly every matter, opening the possibility that the case could shift to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Of Many Things, Politics & Society

President Trump’s ties to Russia matter. Here’s why.

by Matt Malone, S.J. February 10, 2017

There is a big elephant in the room: What does Mr. Trump know about Russia? What does he not know? Does he know what he doesn’t know?

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Undocumented in America: The fear is real. Is the problem exaggerated?

by Kevin Clarke February 9, 2017

Despite simplistic language that depicts a flood of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S. southern border, migration from Mexico has slowed considerably in recent years and even reversed.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Catholic bishops meet to discuss issues related to health care for transgender people

by Michael J. O’Loughlin February 9, 2017

The number of questions from Catholic organizations to N.C.B.C.’s ethicists about transgender issues “has increased radically and surprisingly” in recent years.

Magazine, Your Take

The Letters

by Our readers February 9, 2017

“I am so pleased to see these efforts to address this very sad phenomenon of Islamophobia. Diversity makes us richer and stronger together.”

Migrant men line up for a health check in at the shelter in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on Jan. 26, 2017. Photo: Jan-Albert Hootsen

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Central American migrants say Trump’s border wall “can’t stop us from coming”

by Jan-Albert Hootsen February 8, 2017

“The prospect of having to face some new wall is nothing compared to the prospect of having to stay in Honduras, with its poverty and its violence. There’s just nothing there for us.”