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President-elect Joe Biden departs St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Tom Suozzi
As president, Joe Biden will have to seek common ground across a wide ideological spectrum, writes Congressman Tom Suozzi of New York. His relationship with God as a Catholic will help him to do so.
Darcel Whitten-Wilamowski directs the Sister Thea Bowman, Servant of God, Mass Gospel Choir during a Black History Month Mass of thanksgiving on Feb. 16, 2020, at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithDispatches
Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
None of the saints associated with the United States are of African descent. The Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University intends to change that, and here are six possibilities for sainthood.
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.
Arts & CultureBooks
Christiana Zenner
Eric Holthaus experiences climate change as a wound, a rending in the fabric of society and ecology.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
Today’s readings inspire us to be mindful and attuned to all of creation and the ways that we support or harm our fellow creatures.
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 & CultureBooks
Tom Deignan
Emma Donoghue's new novel unfolds over the course of All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day—with a chatty cast of priests, nuns and philosophizing orderlies running about—adding to the sanctified air.
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.
Somali refugees are escorted by a United Airlines representative as they arrive at the airport on Feb. 13, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. (CNS photo/Brian Losness, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joshua P. Cohen
President Trump has virtually ended refugee admissions to the United States, Joshua P. Cohen writes, but Joe Biden can restore our leadership as a humanitarian nation.
Workers Justice Project Director Gonzalo Cruz, left, and organizer Juan Carlos Romero watch President Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on TV in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York. The Workers Justice Project is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that helps immigrants. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J. Kevin Appleby
President Joe Biden has restarted the debate over immigration with a sweeping reform bill. Passage will not be easy, but the Catholic community can help achieve a long-overdue victory.
Young women put to work at a Fe y Alegria program in Soyapango, El Salvador. The training program is one of about 20 across Central America that partner with YouthBuild, a program of Catholic Relief Services that trains young people in various work skills so they can avoid emigrating. (CNS photo/Oscar Leiva, Silverlight for Catholic Relief Services)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
The Biden administration has vowed to invest $4 billion in Central America to address factors that drive immigration to the United States—economic insecurity, violence, environmental crises and government corruption.
FaithInterviews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
An interview with Massimo Faggioli about what to expect from the second Catholic president
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The Catholic physician and researcher Jerome Lejeune devoted his life to protecting unborn children with Down syndrome from so-called “therapeutic abortion.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Aysha Khan - Religion News Service
Muslims are breathing a sigh of relief after President Joe Biden's reversal of the travel ban, which has separated thousands of families since it was issued by former President Trump.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
A former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer were found guilty of money laundering and embezzling millions of euros from property sales.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Achieving the goals involves setting policy as well as adopting legislation to limit carbon pollution, which the vast majority of climate scientists have said is the leading cause of a warming planet.
Politics & SocietyNews
Gerard O’Connell
These were the first such suicide bombings since June 2019 and came on the eve of the pope’s planned visit to the country on March 5-8, a visit that now is under serious question.