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Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
With arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, the I.C.C. breaks new ground and draws criticism
While Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant do not face imminent arrest, the announcement has been perceived as a symbolic blow that deepens Israel’s international isolation because of its conduct of the war in Gaza.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
With more than one million displaced Palestinians staring famine in the face last week, it is hard to imagine that conditions could get any worse in Gaza. But they have.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for the Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle, by Kevin Clarke
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Some of the “made in the U.S.A.” bombs Israel Defense Forces are dropping over Gaza include 2,000-pound bombs that have been responsible for some of the most devastating—and questionable—strikes of the months-long campaign against Hamas.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Christians who have lived in Nagorno-Karabakh for 2,000 years are being driven out by Azerbaijan. Will world leaders act?
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Sudan now represents the world’s largest internal displacement crisis, with more than six million uprooted from their homes and communities inside Sudan’s borders.
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
The global surrogacy market, valued at $14 billion in 2022, is projected to reach $129 billion by 2032. That’s a lot of bucks and a lot of babies and a lot of young women renting their bodies to other people.
FaithScripture Reflections
A Reflection for Saturday of the Second Week of Easter, by Kevin Clarke
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
A court decision in Canada crossed a regrettable, if predictable, redline. For the first time, a young woman successfully applied to proceed with medical assistance in dying based on her autism diagnosis.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
We don’t know the names of all of the men so far, but the Guatemalan, Honduran and Mexican consulates have acknowledged that citizens of their nations working together in the United States are among the missing and the presumed dead.