Kevin Clarke

1 week ago | americamagazine.org | Kevin Clarke

The surprise Israeli strikes across Iran ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provoked euphoria in some political precincts, but the campaign nonetheless looks like an exceptionally reckless gamble. The Israeli leader, who faces a myriad of legal and electoral challenges, opened a new theater of conflict during a time of extreme regional tension and with I.D.F. resources already stretched thin.

2 weeks ago | catholicoutlook.org | Kevin Clarke

Dan Turley, O.S.A., was not among the people surprised that his friend and fellow Augustinian, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected pope. “I was not totally shocked. I was sort of even expecting it, you could say.” He had snapped awake in the middle of the night at the time he believes the world’s cardinals had been electing his old friend to the highest office in the church. “I asked myself, ‘I wonder if he has been chosen…’” He can’t help but chuckle as he shares the story.

3 weeks ago | americamagazine.org | Kevin Clarke

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at the White House in Washington April 14, 2025.

4 weeks ago | americamagazine.org | Kevin Clarke

Solar panels on the roof of the Paul VI audience hall at the Vatican in this Dec. 1, 2010, file photo. The installation had been approved by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008. Pope Francis released his landmark environmental encyclical "Laudato Si'" 10 years ago May 24, 2015. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)“Laudato Si’,” which celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 24, will surely stand among the most important components of Pope Francis’ legacy.

4 weeks ago | americamagazine.org | Kevin Clarke

Loading... Click here if you don’t see subscription optionsA window at St. Jerome Church in Hyattsville, Md., depicts the Ugandan Martyrs, among them Joseph Mkasa and Charles Lwanga. The young Catholic men were executed with other Christians by Kabaka -- or king -- Mwanga in 1885-86. Mwanga's savagery and the witness of those who were killed led to an increase in Christian believers in Uganda. The Catholic martyrs were canonized in 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Their feast is June 3.