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Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters The Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal Takes Down a Cardinal
The pope has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Archdiocese of Washington. What happens next?
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Mana Rabiee / Reuters Susan Collins Gambles With the Future of Roe v. Wade
The senator said she will vote to confirm the judge in part because she thinks abortion rights in America are safe.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Are Angry About Kavanaugh—And They Think Other Voters Are, Too
Local- and state-level leaders across the country say they’re ready to lash out against Democrats in the midterm elections.
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Reuters The Kavanaugh Prosecutor Is Asking a Baffling Line of Questions
Rachel Mitchell may be laying the groundwork for future investigations with her interrogation of Christine Blasey Ford.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Conservative Women Are Leading the Defense of Kavanaugh
Anti-abortion legal advocates in Washington, D.C., are sticking with him, but outside of the Beltway, women’s views are more ambiguous.
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Susana Vera / Reuters / Katie Martin / ... Should the Catholic Church Pay Reparations to Sex-Abuse Victims?
The Church is offering to pay people who can credibly say they were abused as children, but who can no longer file a lawsuit because the statute of limitations has passed.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Hearing Didn’t Change Anything
After a week of political theater in the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Trump’s nominee is back where he started: on his way to the Supreme Court.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Democrats Are Coming After Kavanaugh on Abortion
The Supreme Court hearings are a preview of the party’s midterm strategy, with lawmakers placing the issue front and center. But it’s far from clear that their apocalyptic rhetoric will actually work.
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Alex Wroblewski / Reuters Kavanaugh Has a Strong Chance of Confirmation—and of Becoming an Election Rallying Cry
The Supreme Court nominee has become a symbol of the president’s quiet judicial legacy and the anti-Trump resistance.
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Reuters The Sex-Abuse Scandal Has Come for Pope Francis
A letter calling for his resignation shows how serious his crisis of credibility has become.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Catholics Are Desperate for Tangible Reforms on Clergy Sex Abuse
Pope Francis says he supports a “zero-tolerance” policy, but some insist those words are not enough.
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Reuters Banning Muslim Veils Tends to Backfire—Why Do Countries Keep Doing It?
Denmark has become the latest country to prohibit wearing the burqa and niqab in public.
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Tami Chappell / Reuters The Pope's Groundbreaking Rejection of the Death Penalty
In a revised version of the Catechism, the punishment is deemed unacceptable in all cases.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Trump Administration Convenes the ‘Super Bowl’ of Religious Freedom
The event has sent a strong message that the U.S. wants to spread democratic values—if only the president will cooperate.
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Dan Cretu / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular
“I lose sleep at night on this.”
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Ronen Zvulun / Reuters Israel's New Law Inflames the Core Tension in Its Identity
Critics, especially Jews in the diaspora, see it as a definitive declaration in favor of a Jewish identity at the expense of a democratic one.
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Rodger Mallison / Star-Telegram / AP Even Never Trump Evangelicals Might Be Swayed by the Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is one sign of unity among divided denominations.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh Has GOP Bona Fides—and a Controversial Record
Trump's Supreme Court pick faces a brutal nomination fight ahead.
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Khalid Al-Mousily / Reuters The Rise of Iraq's Young Secularists
On Facebook and in the cafés of decimated Mosul, they envision a country free from political Islam. Do they have a shot?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Coming Battle to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement could have a huge effect on a number of issues. Abortion may be the biggest.
