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Anti-extradition bill protesters hold placards for arriving travelers during a protest at Hong Kong International Airport Aug. 9, 2019. More than 1,000 Catholics prayed during a candlelight vigil outside the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Aug. 8 for Hong Kong to solve its political crisis in a nonviolent manner. (CNS photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Organizers of the Aug. 8 vigil said they hoped the faithful can remain solely a prayer movement so that tensions ease in the weeks long series of mass demonstrations by Hong Kong citizens opposing a controversial extradition law.
FaithVideo
America Video
In the second episode of Jesuit Autocomplete, Fr. Eric Sundrup, S.J., and Fr. Paddy Gilger, S.J., take a look at what people want to know about Pope Francis' beliefs.
Arts & CultureTelevision
Tara Isabella Burton
Like many noirs, “Veronica Mars” toes the line between exploring shades of moral nuance and capitulating to the inevitability of nihilism.
Debbie (Betty Gilpin) tangles with Ruth (Alison Brie) in ‘GLOW’ (photo: Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Renée Darline Roden
“GLOW” celebrates female strength: on the mat, in the producing studio and on the L.A. auditioning circuit.
Arts & CultureTheater
Jose Solís
A new broadway play creates a docu-mythologia around the disappearance and murders of more than 700 women in Ciudad Juárez since 1993.
FaithNews
Michael Biesecker - Associated Press
For decades, abusers held the power in a culture of impunity led by an archbishop who was among those accused. Anthony Sablan Apuron was convicted in a secret Vatican trial and suspended in 2016, after which restrictions he supported on the reporting of abuse were eased.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Legislators and regulators need tools that cut deeper than large fines and limited oversight.
FaithFaith in Focus
Pasky Pascual
I pray we are merely on temporarily divergent, independent journeys to our best personal selves so that, someday, we can meet again downstream in conjoined bliss. 
Arts & CultureBooks
Dominic Lynch
Over the course of the mid-to-late 20th century, notions of social justice went very, very wrong.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Whitney Rio-Ross
Forgive me. A mother can only hold so many scars.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
This statue, which was permitted by an excess of imperial pride, now serves as a symbol of the humbling inflicted by the vicissitudes of history, writes Matt Malone, S.J.
(iStock/BackyardProduction)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Robert David Sullivan
Children are consistently the poorest age group in the United States, writes Robert David Sullivan. But will they be heard in Washington as they become outnumbered by people over 65?
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Our faith and struggle continue Christ's work of salvation.
FaithFeatures
J. J. Carney
Radio Pacis continues to exemplify how Catholic radio can respond to the “signs of the times.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Rejecting the implications of the label “minority,” Carrie Gibson tells the entire 500-year history of Spanish-speaking peoples in what is now the United States.
FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Banquets can be status displays--or a chance to share with those who cannot repay us.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Restoring public trust in the way we elect our political leaders is an immediate task.
Pope Francis greets pilgrims as he arrives for his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican on Aug. 7. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
In a wide-ranging interview, Pope Francis warned of “sovereignism” as a force that leads to isolation and even war, and he discussed the ecological imperatives of the Synod on the Amazon.
FaithExplainer
James T. KeaneSam Sawyer, S.J.
Do Catholics truly believe in the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the Eucharist? A recent survey says most don't...but it's complicated.
Friends, coworkers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid the Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. U.S. immigration officials raided several Mississippi food processing plants on Wednesday and signaled that the early-morning strikes were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as employees. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’LoughlinJ.D. Long García
The near-term hardship “won’t hit for a week or two,” Bishop Kopacz said. But “as time goes on this month, there’s going to be some real crises.”