Voices
Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
The law has brought about important gains in coverage and those gains should be protected.
FaithIn All Things
Pope Francis has invoked the civil rights crusader in three high-profile messages delivered during his pontificate.
FaithDispatches
Who will go to Rome? Mr. Trump has bucked conventional wisdom in several of his more high-profile appointments thus far.
FaithFeatures
A confident pope sets a new example for governing the church. For Francis, tension is a sign of life.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Chicago experienced a level of gun violence unseen in nearly two decades in 2016.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles called the video “a beautiful message...and I think that is what we need right now, more hope for the future."
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Working for a just wage remains a human and moral imperative, Cardinal Seán O'Malley said.
FaithDispatches
Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”
FaithDispatches
“Let us remind ourselves of those moments when our loved ones were forced to seek the mercy of others in a new land.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Each of the participants carried wooden crosses bearing the names of victims.