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Government officials joined Catholics and other citizens from across the country at a march against human trafficking on Aug. 26. (photo by Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Swaziland's police commissioner praised the Diocese of Manzini and Bishop José Luis Ponce de Leon for organizing marches to help in "the fight against crime."
Declan Conner, center, steers his family's fishing boat through their flooded neighborhood outside Houston Aug. 27. (Screenshot via Mark Mulligan on Twitter)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Colleen Dulle
Students took up the call to be “men for others” in the wake of the storm.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Back in 1991, close to nine in 10 Catholics in the United States were white. Today, that number is down to 55 percent—and that percentage will continue to drop.
A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga celebrates after hearing the decision of Kenya's Supreme Court on Sept. 1 to nullify President Uhuru Kenyatta's election win last month. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Kenya's highest court finds irregularities in the vote tally from this summer's election, orders new vote within 60 days.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, the Cardinal Sarah says the church must proclaim that homosexuality is “at odds with nature.”
Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 31. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
“I cannot compare it to anything,” Donna Markham, O.P., president of Catholic Charities USA, says of the storm. “The expanse of it…it is bigger than Katrina. The loss of life has not been as great as Katrina, but the damage is just monumental.”