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First-grade students finish an assignment at St. Ambrose Catholic School in Tucson, Ariz., in this 2014 photo. Arizona has one of the nation’s strongest school choice programs, with vouchers available to every child in the state. (CNS file photo/Nancy Wiechec)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Beth Blaufuss
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling denying state funds to a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma. What should American Catholics be asking about public funding for school choice?
A close-up of a young person holding an older person’s hands
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Columba Thomas, O.P.
When people face incurable illness, fear of the unknown is a major force that can drive their thinking. The task of physicians is to help calm people and correct their misunderstandings.
President Donald Trump meets South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
President Trump offered a vibrant demonstration of the kind of worst-case scenario Pope Leo may have had in mind about the collapse of critical thinking.
FaithShort Take
Terence Sweeney
Our country is not only in a constitutional crisis; we are in a biblical crisis.
Pope Leo XIV meets with Vice President JD Vance after the formal inauguration of his pontificate at the Vatican on May 18. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
FaithShort Take
Antonio De Loera-Brust
Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises above contemporary politics and temporal authority.
A woman holds an American flag as people gather ahead of the inauguration Mass for Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 18. (OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Timothy Shriver
Leo has sought to be a uniter calling for a more peaceful world. We need leaders who remind us of what is possible, who bring out the best in us while discouraging the worst.