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If Mr. Biden is really listening, he will understand the value of preserving the abortion funding bans that have stood for decades. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles A. Donovan
A ban on taxpayer funding of abortions began as a bipartisan policy and remains popular, writes Charles A. Donovan of the Charlotte Lozier Institute. President-elect Biden should keep it in place.
Registered nurse Nikki Hollinger cleans up a room as a body of a COVID-19 victim lies in a body bag labeled with stickers at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 400,000 in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
It is as though there are two parallel universes co-existing here, one hopeful and “normal for now,” the other overwhelmed by suffering.
FaithFaith in Focus
Mary Andrew BudinskiMary Ann Smith
Two sisters reflected for America on the experiences of faith and grace they have found in the midst of a profoundly challenging time for their community.
FaithNews
Aritz Parra - Associated PressNicole Winfield - Associated Press
The disclosure by the Spanish Jesuits comes as Pope Francis, the church’s first Jesuit pope, has tried to sensitize the church around the globe to the problem of clergy abuse.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
“There’s more to being pro-life than abortion and assisted suicide,” said organizer Kathleen Domingo. “We want to keep our families safe. We didn’t think it was worth the risk. Life is precious.”
Photo of Will Arbery, upper left, and “Heroes of the Fourth Turning,” upper right, courtesy Playwrights Horizon. Bottom photo: Catholic News Service
Arts & CultureInterviews
Rob Weinert-Kendt
“There’s a war coming, dude,” says one character to another in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning.” Was she right?
Politics & SocietyCatholic News Quiz
America Staff
How closely did you follow the news this week? Take our Catholic news quiz and find out.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Erika Rasmussen
Amanda Gorman's poem was like a lighting flash that spoke to eternal beauty
Arts & CultureNews
Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday.
Tiger Woods, of the United States, waits to hit on the 13th hole during the first round of the US Open Golf Championship, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Mamaroneck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Kevin Jackson
HBO’s ‘Tiger’ shows that Tiger Woods’s development as a human being came second to his golf.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
There is no part of our Jesuit ministry that is untouched by the devastating consequences of abortion. 
Politics & SocietyJesuitical
Jesuitical
Reactions to the inauguration of the nation’s second Catholic president.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
President Joe Biden will revoke the so-called “Mexico City policy,” which blocks U.S. funding of foreign nongovernmental organizations that perform and promote abortion as a form of family planning.
Federico Peña addresses the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Aug. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Politics & SocietyFeatures
Nichole M. Flores
Nichole Flores profiles Federico Peña, the first Hispanic mayor of Denver and a leader in national politics, who is now focused on the physical and spiritual health of his community.
FaithFeatures
Barton T. Geger, S.J.
Saint Ignatius was opposed to women Jesuits for reasons that were cultural, practical and canonical, but other Jesuits were not. The question was a hot topic in the early Society.
Arts & CulturePoetry
MK Punky
he pawed through his closet like a bear in a blackberry bramble
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
Read an excerpt from Fr. James Martin’s new book on prayer
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
Today’s Gospel prompts us to honor, appreciate and thank the many people who have been healers in our midst,
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
Today’s readings remind us we are not alone in our quest for understanding and clarity.
Arts & CultureBooks
Joe Pagetta
Aaron J. Leonard’s new book draws from almost 10,000 pages of F.B.I. files on an array of folk artists. It aims to illustrate the considerable impact that the U.S. government’s campaign against Communism had on folk artists in the 1940s and early ’50s.