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It is understandable to react with anger to dehumanizing speech, but a thoughtful approach can help to de-escalate tensions. (iStock/Juanmonino)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Saadia Ahmad
Confronted with a political candidate’s Islamophobic language, the author chose not to walk away or to pounce in anger, but to reach across a divide.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle
The Golden Rule calls for a global compact on migration to benefit our interconnected countries and shared humanity, argues the president of Caritas Internationalis.
George H.W. Bush on Dec. 18, 1970, shortly after he was appointed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Pierce Gibson, S.J.
George Herbert Walker Bush was part of a now-vanished ruling class whose motto was “to whom much has been given, much will be expected.”
Jason O’Mara and Alexa Davalos in the television adaptation of “The Man in the High Castle” (Liane Hentscher/Amazon Prime Video)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Christopher Mari
The mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue reminds us that we need the voices of the dark past to help us understand the choices we now face.
Second-grader Yoselyn Arroyo answers a question in class at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in Henderson, Ky. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn) 
FaithShort Take
Becca Meagher and Claire Shea
Children can flex their learning muscles and begin to talk more deeply about their faith with a more “conversational” catechesis.
FaithShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
The tragedy of the last week is that the faithful are left to read tea leaves to understand what their bishops and their pope are trying to do in the first place. The Vatican’s action, which in the past could have been interpreted and explained over time, instead provokes a crisis of faith in church leadership.