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A migrant is seen in a file photo holding his guitar aboard the Sea Watch 3 German charity ship off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy. (CNS photo/Nick Jaussi, Sea-Watch via Reuters)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis drew attention to the dramatic situation of refugees in Libya today, “the detention camps, the abuses and violence that migrants are victims of, journeys of hope, rescue operations and push-backs. ‘Whatever you did, you did it for me.’”
A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on May 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Will Dunham, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the administration had "the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections."
(CNS photo/Will Dunham, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Court's ruling, noting that the decision "rightly acknowledged" the limit on state authority.
Politics & SocietyGoodNews
Manuel Rueda - Catholic News Service
Pandemic or not, the work of providing care and assistance for others continues with members of the Focolare movement helping Venezuelan migrants in Columbia.
A man holds a Confederate flag outside the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., on July 9, 2015, hours before Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill to remove the flag from Statehouse grounds. (CNS photo/Jason Miczek, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
William Collins Donahue
In an-all white suburb of Detroit, waving the Confederate flag at football games was a tradition during the 1970s. Looking back, William Collins Donahue realizes that the practice was not so innocent.
A Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol honor guard folds the retired Mississippi state flag after it was raised over the Capitol grounds one final time in Jackson, Miss., on July 1. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeremy Zipple
As Mississippi puts away the Confederate stars-and-bars, native son Jeremy Zipple, S.J., reflects on the heavy silence around racism that prevailed during his childhood.