In a rare direct rebuke to a U.S. president, three American cardinals urged the Trump administration to step back from foreign policy strategies and goals that threaten world peace.
Kevin Clarke
Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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How Vatican diplomats tried to resolve the Trump-Maduro standoff
While the rest of the Catholic world enjoyed its Christmas Eve, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin met with Brian Burch, the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, discussing a deal that would allow Venezuela’s President Nicholás Maduro to escape to a comfortable exile in Russia.
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Don’t wait for a miraculous shortcut to holiness
A Reflection for Friday after Epiphany, by Kevin Clarke
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Trump administration strikes Venezuela—while threatening to deport Venezuelans
President Trump’s newfound concern for Venezuelans has not translated into a reversal of Trump administration decisions to terminate Biden-era temporary protected status for Venezuelans already in the United States.
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Mass deportation, immigration and foreign aid chaos: the most-read stories in 2025
Immigration was perhaps the biggest story of the year for many of America’s editorial departments. It surely was for Dispatches, The Weekly Dispatch and in feature writing for America magazine.
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After Bondi Beach, how safe is America from Islamic State terror?
The ISIS rampage at Bondi Beach in Australia highlights a phenomenon well known to counterterrorism experts: The holiday season also represents a period of heightened threat from extremist groups like the Islamic State.
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What might Pope Leo make of Trump’s ‘America First’ National Security Strategy?
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy is at odds with church teaching and Pope Leo’s priorities on the transatlantic alliance, climate change, immigration, arms production, nuclear weapons and more.
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Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem brings hope and help to West Bank Christians
Economic and political conditions for West Bank Christians have grown dire, but Holy Family Hospital remains a beacon of hope and faith.
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Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions,” Archbishop Broglio said.
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Would my faith be enough to save me?
A Reflection for Friday of the First Week of Advent, by Kevin Clarke