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FaithThe Good Word
Terrance Klein
Our history remains hazardous, but it does not stand apart from God in Christ.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” the hosts look at the appointment of Francesca di Giovanni to a top role in the Vatican's Secretariat of State.
Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 22, 2020.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Francis called on all Christians “to work together to show to the migrants the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ.”
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
In 2013, religious groups and houses of worship were granted a religious exemption by the Supreme Court from the government's mandate in the Affordable Care Act to include coverage of contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs in their employee health plan.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The bishop said he knew people are frustrated that it is taking so long for the report to be published, but "an institution that's been around 2,000 years doesn't turn on a dime."
Arts & CultureBooks
Ryan Di Corpo
For Rauschenbusch, the Christian faith had a "revolutionary" potential.
Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher leaves a military court on Naval Base San Diego on July 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Matthew Shadle
President Trump’s intervention in the military justice system undermines the idea that soldiers are moral agents at the service of the public good, writes Matthew Shadle of Marymount University.
FaithFaith in Focus
Emily Kahm
The challenges of attending church with a curious toddler are well known enough to be cliché, but like any set of new parents, they are new to us.
Life at a refugee camp in Kindjani, Niger, for Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram in 2016: A young girl drinks water delivered to the community by Catholic Relief Services. (CNS photo/Michael Stulman, CRS)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Shola Lawal
The pastor’s murder is only the latest attacks in the West African nation. On Jan. 19, Boko Haram insurgents ambushed two separate Nigerian army patrols, killing 17, and slaughtered a bridal party on Dec. 27.
FaithNews
Maria Verza - Associated PressNicole Winfield - Associated Press
Following the AP story, the Legion announced on Monday it would conduct an investigation with the Vatican into the cover-up of the case, and vowed all superiors involved would cooperate.
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
With 55% of parishes having closed, attendance at Mass in the Netherlands is continuing to drop, with "peak secularization" yet to come as even more parishes close.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Catholic leaders in Germany have compiled responses from lay Catholics in areas related to who holds power in the church, sexual morals, the role of priests and the place of women in church offices in preparation for an upcoming synodal assembly to debate church reforms.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
The pope's message was read to the assembly Jan. 21 by Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
Pope Francis told a group of U.S. bishops their job is to step back from partisan politics and help their faithful discern based on values.
FaithExamen
James Martin, S.J.
Sometimes what God wants to offer you isn’t some great insight or moving memory or heartfelt desire, but something simpler: a feeling of calm and peace.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis firmly condemned “every form of anti-Semitism” on the eve of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Pope Francis welcomes Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi to the Vatican Jan. 17, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The Vatican revealed that the pope and president discussed “the good existing bilateral relations” between the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and expressed “satisfaction” at the ratification of the framework agreement between the two countries on matters of mutual interest.
(CNS photo/Warner Bros.)
Arts & CultureFilm
Jake Martin
“Joker” is more than just another comic book film. It has hit a nerve with an already nervous American public.
Community
America Staff
Rev. Matthew F. Malone, S.J., president and editor in chief of America Media, announced today the appointment of Traug Keller as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mr. Keller currently serves as senior vice president of ESPN, the global sports network, which announced his retirement on Jan. 10. 
Politics & SocietyNews
Emily McFarlan Miller - Religion News Service
This year, the Christian watchdog organization is highlighting the “rise of the surveillance state” and its impact on Christians and Muslims in China along with its 2019 World Watch List, released Wednesday (Jan. 15).