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Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
In November voters in Arizona will vote on a ballot measure legalizing abortion in the state. If the state’s pro-life Latinas have anything to say about it, Arizona will reject expanding abortion.
A woman walks through rows of white-wrapped bodies, touching one, as Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside a morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
For many in South Africa, there is a symbolic significance in the decision to pursue the genocide charge. In 2024, South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy, yet vast injustices still permeate South African society because of its traumatic history.
Indigenous people march with a banner that reads "Indigenous Land of Brazil" as they commemorate the International Day of the World's Indigenous People in São Paulo on August 9, 2022.
FaithDispatches
Filipe Domingues
Among the main concerns they mentioned were the role of the laity, especially of women; the contribution of the church on ecology in light of the encyclical “Laudato Si’”; and “spiritual conversation,” a method of discernment that was adopted to structure discussions during the first assembly that could become a major legacy of the synod.
Christmas nativity hand made by religious in Spain
FaithDispatches
Bridget Ryder
The Christmas fair in Madrid was the work of Fundación Contemplare, a nonprofit set up to help Spain’s monasteries continue a legacy of gourmet baked goods and handmade candies but also, more importantly, to support contemplative life and reconnect monasteries with the world around them.
Relatives of missing students hold posters with their images as they take part in a Sept. 27, 2020, march to mark the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College in Iguala, Mexico. The students disappeared in Iguala after they clashed with police and masked men. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The president devoted more than 20 minutes of his press conference to an attack on Centro Prodh and its activism for human rights in Mexico. He charged, without offering any evidence, that Centro Prodh’s work is influenced by political actors from opposition parties.
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Global reaction among bishops to the Vatican’s declaration that priests may now bless same-sex couples appears most divergent in some European and African nations.