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Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Richard A. Levins
Elon Musk and DOGE have used the language of efficiency to impose a radical change in how we view helping others.
Solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican in this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo. The installation had been approved by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Pope Francis released his landmark environmental encyclical "Laudato Si'" 10 years ago May 24, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
There are some signs of progress in addressing the questions raised in “Laudato Si’.” There are also intimations of backpedaling, particularly by the Trump administration, regarding the industrialized world’s malign effects on creation.
President Donald Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
President Trump offered a vibrant demonstration of the kind of worst-case scenario Pope Leo may have had in mind about the collapse of critical thinking.
FaithShort Take
Terence Sweeney
Our country is not only in a constitutional crisis; we are in a biblical crisis.
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Estefanía Salazar
“My brother has never committed a crime in Venezuela or elsewhere. His only mistake has been to enter the United States as a migrant. He has been labeled as a Tren de Aragua member just because of his tattoos.”
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
Amid immigration raids and emptying pews, the Nashville diocese is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Mass if they fear for their well-being, according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.