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A woman receives ashes on Feb. 14, 2018, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters) 
FaithShort Take
Brianne Jacobs
Even the holiest people are complicit in social sin; we benefit from injustices that we do not control. Yet we still have the freedom to seek God’s grace.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Zac Davis
Was Michael Cohen's soul searching authentic or merely convenient? It’s a question at least as much about sin as about political strategy.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Rachel Lu
Babies are experts at instructing us in the preciousness of human life. Our advocacy for the unborn will be most effective when we allow it make us more compassionate and more humane.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert C. Bordone
The family of Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann is suing The Washington Post for how it covered the viral incident following the March for Life. From a Catholic perspective, an open and honest conversation is the preferred option.
FaithShort Take
John Garvey
Lay oversight of Catholic bishops is needed—but it should be a process that respects the principle of apostolic succession while providing a check on the successors of the apostles.
Pope Francis greets a French nun with Down Syndrome during an audience at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2017. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
FaithShort Take
Joshua Heavin
People with Down syndrome can accomplish amazing things, but the dignity of the human person is not contingent on measurable achievements.