What’s going on in the Holy Land—and what’s at the root of the problem? Why should Catholics care?

Though an about-face by the Biden administration brought welcome news to advocates for refugee resettlement, the process raised concerns about the political calculus at work.

The humanitarian needs were already huge without Covid and without the aggression,” Bassam Nasser, who leads the Gaza office for Catholic Relief Services, told America on May 20. “You can imagine, when you add those two challenges, the crisis will become huge.”

The Supreme Court has put abortion back at the forefront of national debate, writes Charles C. Camosy, but public opinion on the issue may not be what you've been told it is.

San Francisco’s archbishop that Speaker Pelosi’s “positive reaction” to a Vatican official’s letter to the U.S. bishops about Catholic politicians who support abortion receiving Communion “raises hope that progress can be made in this most serious matter.”

Bishop-designate Stephen Chow Sau-yan told Hong Kong media people must start with a sense of faith and not assume Beijing is the enemy, and he hoped for dialogue to develop a better understanding.