Voices

Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Politics & SocietyNews
Father Bryan Massingale says that our national inability to confront the social outcomes of racism is a “spiritual cataract.”
FaithSigns Of the Times
The pope’s call for Christians to offer an apology to gay and lesbian people, issued during his flight back to Rome from Armenia on June 26, was carefully welcomed by Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego. “I think it opens up a very helpful pathway to dialogue and, hopefully, healing,&rdqu
Vantage Point
A look at America's coverage on gun violence, from the 1960s to present day.
Dispatches
Lebanon—a multi-faith nation of just four million people—continues to shoulder the burden of more than two million refugees within its borders.
Dispatches
The pope’s call for Christians to offer an apology to gay and lesbian people was also carefully welcomed this week by Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego.
Politics & Society
It has been one of the terrible paradoxes of the modern global refugee crisis: Often those countries least capable of responding to the complex needs of refugees are the ones forced to shoulder the greatest burden in caring for them. Money may come in from more affluent donor states to assist in the
Signs Of the Times
Acts of public mourning and solidarity were observed across the nation and around the world in the aftermath of the attack by a lone gunman in Orlando that claimed 49 lives and left 53 others wounded. Family members identified and began to bury their lost loved ones this week as expressions of regre
Dispatches
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo described himself as "deeply disappointed" by the tied vote
Dispatches
“I don’t think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives.”
In All Things
Mental illness and religious fanaticism can never be completely fixed, but gun violence is something that can be practically addressed.