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People pose with images of Rutilio Grande, S.J., following a Mass in his honor at a church in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Feb. 22, 2020. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Cameron Bellm
Rutilio Grande bore mental health issues as his personal cross. Now he can become a patron saint for all Catholics who seek and deserve mental health care.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Schneider
Now is an opportune time to do the right thing—to defund the police and invest in a diversified strategy for public safety and well-being.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
The nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) was written for a Cold War standoff between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. It can only be effective now if it includes new nuclear powers like Israel.
James Kendall plays the organ during an "Advent Lessons and Carols" service on the first Sunday of Advent at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Lindenhurst, N.Y., on Nov. 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
FaithShort Take
Jessica Carney
We need some criteria in deciding what music is best for Mass. St. Thomas Aquinas offers us three qualities that anything beautiful must have.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gloria Purvis
Why do some members of our church, clergy and laity alike, perceive racial justice movements as more of a threat to the republic than the movement that led to the assault on Congress?
Women pray during an Aug. 13, 2019, meeting led by San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy in response to Pope Francis' call to confront sexual abuse of minors and other vulnerable people. (CNS photo/David Maung)
FaithShort Take
Kathleen McChesney
We have learned a lot about sexual abuse by Catholic clergy since The Boston Globe unveiled its investigation in 2002, writes an expert in child protection. That is bringing us closer to the goal of seeing no new cases.