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FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
The Israelites are quite like us. They intend to offer a response that is steadfast but their own humanity, under the siege of sin, fails them.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
I reported on recovery efforts after that 2010 Haitian earthquake. This is what I learned (and why you should care).
FaithSpeeches
Pope Francis
In his weekly audience, Pope Francis explained the Law's role in two stages of our lives: before we become believers in Jesus Christ and after receiving the faith.
Politics & SocietyNews
Claire Giangravé - Religion News Service
While the Taliban have promised not to shed any blood, some locals fear that the Islamist regime will lead to persecutions and violence.
FaithShort Take
Austen Ivereigh
“Let us not forget that a faith that is not inculturated is not authentic,” Francis told the Latin American Confederation of Religious.
Cardinal Burke processes into Mass without a face mask, surrounded by acolytes.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke remains hospitalized, on a ventilator, “in serious but stable condition” with COVID-19, a spokesman said late Aug. 17.
Screenshot of Pope Francis in video about Covid-19 vaccination
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service The Associated Press
The video insists that vaccines are safe, effective and an “act of love.” It features Pope Francis as well six cardinals and archbishops from North, Central and South America.
A woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine at North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La., Aug. 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Callaghan O'Hare, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“We have to be promoting the common good, and this is the one of the ways that we do it,” Bishop Stowe said in an interview with America.
Academic instruction will largely be delivered virtually, but Lumen Verum students will also have guided time for social interaction. (iStock/SDI Productions)
FaithShort Take
Thomas W. Carroll
A new Catholic secondary school in the Archdiocese of Boston will combine virtual instruction and in-person activities. The founder of Lumen Verum Academy, Thomas W. Carroll, writes about this new model.
Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, poses for a photo with trainees in this undated photo.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
This is the first time Homeboy Industries has received this level of funding, enabling a new level of capacity to serve people who have been in prison and involved in gangs.
Politics & SocietyNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The Jesuits, who have been in Afghanistan since 2004, have suspended their mission in the country “indefinitely.”
Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, on Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Sidiqullah Khan)
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
Ryan Di Corpo
Our invasions of Afghanistan and Vietnam may have different beginnings, but their ends show that we are capable of repeating basic mistakes, writes Ryan Di Corpo.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
The War in Afghanistan was waged in the name of every American. At the very least, we should ask how it has (or hasn’t) affected us.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
“Please; to be with Jesus is to be joyful, it is also to have the capacity that holiness gives us to have this sense of humor.”
FaithNews
Todd Richmond – Associated Press
Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the Catholic Church’s most outspoken critics of Pope Francis and a vaccine skeptic, said he has COVID-19 and his staff said he is breathing through a ventilator.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Numerous organizations, including Catholic agencies, are accepting donations to assist with their emergency response to the Haiti earthquake.
A Taliban fighter sits on the back of a vehicle with a machine gun in front of the main gate leading to the Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
“I join in the unanimous concern for the situation in Afghanistan. I ask all of you to pray with me to the God of peace, so that the clamor of weapons might cease and solutions can be found at the table of dialogue.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Alex Taylor
A journey into the fictional worlds of Joshua Hren in his 'In The Wine Press' invites us to consider the character of our own grief and suffering.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy has sent a letter saying there is no basis in Catholic teaching to offer a religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccinations.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The Supreme Court announced Aug. 12 that it will not hear an appeal from a group of students at Indiana University who are opposed to the university’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.