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John Caspar Wild painted ‘View of Cincinnati From Covington’ in 1835, as the city was booming. Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal/Google Art Project via Wikimedia Commons

Cincinnati, where Vance converted, gives a glimpse of Catholicism’s history in America’s heartland

For more than a century, anti-Catholicism was a powerful force in the region’s culture and politics. But religious pluralism ultimately triumphed in the ‘Queen City.’
A man in northern Tehran sits on a bench on April 12, 2026, at a memorial honouring schoolchildren killed during a U.S. strike on a school in the southern town of Minab a few weeks earlier. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Failed peace deal: The Iran war has inflicted a cascade of losses that may never be recovered

For a country that built the post-1945 rules-based order, the United States now needs to be rescued from its own war by the very nations it once lectured on governance and peace.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing

Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.
A photo of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk is seen on a large screen during a memorial for Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Charlie Kirk’s legacy is the beneficiary of empathy, but he couldn’t stand the term

Empathy has been painted by the U.S. political right as a vice, informed by Catholic theology. This is a misreading of the role of empathy according to Catholic doctrine.

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