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The former police officer Jimmy Chérizier, known as Barbecue, leader of the "G9 and Family" gang, stands with fellow gang members after speaking to journalists in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince on March 5. Haiti's latest violence began with a direct challenge from Barbecue, who said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister's return and force his resignation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
Jean Denis Saint-Félix, S.J.: “Nobody wants to stay in this hell. People are seeking ways to enter, no matter how, the United States,” even “knowing the danger and risks they go through.”
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
In a year that is supposedly a test of “small-d” democracy, the voice of the voters seems fainter than ever.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gustavo García-Siller
Christians are not a social club that gathers on Sundays to receive nice-sounding catchphrases. We are to influence the heart of society.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Christine Lenahan
The people who can abolish the death penalty are our policymakers. And it appears Mr. Biden is comfortable leaving it in place.
Migrants from Venezuela wait next to people from other nationalities who are in line to be processed by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 4, 2023. (OSV News photo/Paul Ratje, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
If in its first years, the bishops’ campaign for religious freedom seemed directed at the U.S. left, it is actors on the hard right who have now emerged as the most significant threat to religious freedom.
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that his conviction was based on false testimony.