Disagreement about how strongly to describe the bishops’ opposition to abortion mirrors a similar debate in 2019.
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Joe Manchin was no centrist
Senator Joe Manchin, who announced last week he would not run for re-election, blocked efforts to fight climate change and child poverty. That doesn’t make him a ‘centrist.’
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: 3 lessons from the synod to help Catholics navigate the 2024 elections
As voters in the United States approach another presidential election, how can this synodal experience inform the ways that U.S. Catholics engage in political conversation?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Abortion politics played a key role in state elections—and will again in 2024
Ohio becomes the seventh state whose voters have chosen to protect access to abortion through the ballot box since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last year.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
How to prepare for next year’s elections? Here are 3 tips to keep you spiritually sane.
Many of us go back and forth between ignoring politics and getting angry about it. You will feel better, and be a better citizen, if you are more disciplined about your attention.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Cardinal Dolan: In Defense of Culture Warriors
Sometimes ‘culture warriors’ are necessary. The Catholic Church in the United States has had occasion in our history to be more Ezekiel-like in its approach to culture.
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New head of Catholic Charities continues its humanitarian mission at the border and around the United States
Kerry Alys Robinson began her tenure as chief executive of Catholic Charities USA with a visit to agencies along the southwest border. “I wanted to see firsthand what the realities were,” she explained.
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As global focus moves elsewhere, a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan worsens
Sandesh Gonsalves, who leads the Jesuit Refugee Service team in Afghanistan, reports that Afghans are struggling in the wake of a “massive” earthquake that struck on Oct. 7. According to U.N. sources, the humanitarian aid system in Afghanistan is already desperately overstretched and underfunded, with over 29 million Afghans in need of assistance.
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Tensions high in Jerusalem and West Bank as Gaza bombing continues
While outright war conditions pertain in Gaza and along its border in southern Israel, in the north, in Jerusalem and the West Bank, conditions are also fraught. Violence between Palestinians and Israeli settlers has broken out sporadically.
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In Jerusalem Cardinal Pizzaballa calls for international help to de-escalate after Hamas shock attack on Israel
“The operation launched from Gaza and the reaction of the Israeli Army are bringing us back to the worst period of our recent history,” the patriarchate, led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said in a statement.