Voices

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
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“These proposed changes threaten access to care for millions of Americans, particularly those in underserved areas, where our member systems work every day to provide quality, compassionate care.”
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
“I’m glad that there are people still coming through,” Zomi leader Francis Kham says, but refugee resettlement “should be extended to everyone that’s really [facing] the same discrimination.”
FaithDispatches
Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that had left thousands of people homeless.
FaithThe Weekly Dispatch
The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the church.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Feast of Sts. Philip and James, Apostles, by Kevin Clarke
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
The pope’s attention to migration and climate change were well known, but the pope was also attentive to a number of other global issues and challenges like nuclear disarmament, tax justice, development, and the rise of autonomous (A.I.) weapons systems.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
The Israeli military began perhaps its most aggressive ground offensive so far in the war to root out what is left of Hamas, maintaining an almost daily pace of incursions and airstrikes. The results have been devastating.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
An interview on economics and Catholic social teaching with Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and a professor at Columbia University.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Kevin Clarke
Politics & SocietyDispatches
“Hospitals are overwhelmed, and people are sleeping out on the streets, anywhere they can, in fields and playgrounds and religious compounds.”