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Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory gives Autiyonna Johnson her first Communion as a new Catholic during the Easter Vigil at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington on April 3, 2021. (CNS photo/Andrew Biraj, Catholic Standard)
FaithShort Take
Robert Aaron Wessman, G.H.M.
The Covid pandemic has reminded us of the importance of placing the concerns of the community before our own as individuals. So why would we view the reception of the Eucharist as a private matter?
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Alessandra Harris
Archbishop José Gomez’s speech on social justice movements displays a lack of understanding of Black Catholics and other groups too often at the margin of the church.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
Pregnancy transforms a woman’s body into one that supports another but nevertheless remains hers. This is too often overlooked in pro-life political arguments.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Zac Davis
Aaron Rodgers has provided a powerful reminder that religious problems like clericalism and gnosticism are not confined to the religious world.
A woman presents herself for Communion during a March 8, 2020, Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Atlanta. (CNS photo/Christopher Aluka Berry, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Timothy P. O'Malley
Denying Communion to Joe Biden will not get Catholics back in the pews — or bring together a church whose members are sometimes more likely to bend the knee to an elephant or donkey than to the eucharistic Lord.
Cardinal Joseph Bernardin speaks with reporters on the steps of his Chicago residence just before his departure for Rome to meet with Pope John Paul II, Sept. 23, 1996.
FaithShort Take
Steven P. Millies
On this 25th anniversary of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s death, we can look back to him for guidance as we try to find a way out of the hostility toward dialogue we have been trapped in since the 1990s.