Fr. Daniel Horan: Over the years, my perspective on the U.S. has shifted when I'm abroad and able to look at America from afar — most recently in South Africa as the Jan. 6 hearings were held back home.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Zagano discusses women deacons; federal workers urged to get the flu; a new pro-life narrative; "What did they do with Lindsey Graham?"
Column: Few if any young people will look consciously for role models of decency in political figures, least of all, in a divisive, indecent, demeaning presidency whose insulting language, sexism and racism grind American ideals to dust.
Jesuit Fr. Edward Reese, the president of St. Ignatius Prep School in San Francisco, offered prayers in both Phoenix and Washington, including a homily at the National Cathedral in Washington, after the death of John McCain.
NCR Today: Guam archbishop found guilty of sex abuse, removed from office. Gun control is a pro-life issue, right? Whither the Democrat Party? Trump, the Russians and John Bolton.
Catholic leaders decried the Senate's rejection of compromise legislation to protect Dreamers, and the role that the Trump administration played in discouraging consensus.
Distinctly Catholic: President Trump uses words to divide, that is clear and it is reprehensible. But, he also uses words to distract, and that is why he had a self-described "victory lap" last week.
