Around the world, health, nutrition, civil society and peace-building programs are unraveling, staff are being dismissed and the lights are being turned off.
US Politics
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Trump the bully: Is this what the United States aspires to be?
At its best, the United States defines itself not primarily by its borders, but by its values and principles.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
JD Vance prays for Pope Francis’ health, acknowledges his criticism of US immigration crackdown
At the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Vance said he wasn’t there to litigate “about who’s right and who’s wrong,” and credited Francis as one who “cares about the flock of Christians under his under his leadership.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
A Black Captain America is an exciting concept. But ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ is aggressively mediocre.
The latest installment in the “Captain America” franchise feels thematically confused and clumsy in its execution.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Archbishop Wenski says deporting Haitians would be ‘unconscionable’ as TPS deadline looms
“Basically Haiti is a house on fire, and you can’t push people back into a burning house,” Archbishop Wenski said. “We have to deal with the fire and create conditions for people to go back home.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Trump claims white Afrikaners are victims of persecution. Christian leaders in South Africa say no.
President Donald Trump said that he would hold South Africa accountable for rights violations against white Afrikaners, a group of people he described as “innocent disfavored minority farmers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
JD Vance shines global spotlight on case of British army vet prosecuted for silent prayer outside abortion clinic
British army veteran Adam Smith-Connor, recently converted to the Catholic faith, said he was “grateful” that Vance raised his case when he warned Europe about retreating from freedom.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Trump, Musk and Vance target the most vulnerable and attack Catholic ministries—and it’s working
The Trump administration’s recent attacks on the resources and structures that serve the poor and on the religious institutions that serve the most vulnerable are unprecedented in their scale, pace and human impact.
Posted inFaith, News
US bishops sue Trump administration for refugee settlement funding freeze
“The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into our country and assigned to the care of the USCCB by the government after being granted legal status.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Al Smith and the first Catholic run at the White House
A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And if he is to be believed, he didn’t know what an encyclical was.