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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Leah Libresco
I invited my pro-life and pro-choice friends over to discuss abortion. It went surprisingly well.
Pope Francis greets Russian President Vladimir Putin during a private audience at the Vatican in this July 4, 2019, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Victor Gaetan
Some observers fail to realize that Vatican diplomacy must be tuned to the church’s centuries-old mission of loving our enemies.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
To convince our fellow citizens to protect the lives of the unborn we need to recognize why many of them do not trust or easily understand our good motives.
Arts & CultureShort Take
James T. Keane
Betting on sporting events might seem a harmless vice. But what happens when we can do it from our phones, all day every day?
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
With a focus on unity—even in spite of substantial differences—the issue of abortion looks quite different than the picture painted by those who want to see our polity burned to the ground.
Kane Tanaka, then 116 years old, at a nursing home in Fukuoka, Japan, on March 9, 2019. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
“Please cherish the elderly,” Pope Francis says. “Because they are the presence of history.” Kane Tanaka, who died in April at the age of 119, is an example of what Francis is talking about.