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Arts & CultureShort Take
James T. Keane
Are the Dodgers now baseball’s cursed squad?
FaithShort Take
Thomas G. Plante
Sexual orientation by itself is irrelevant to child sexual abuse. The risk factors include impulse control problems and substance abuse, and offenders take advantage of situations in which they are trusted.
Chinese Bishop Joseph Li Shan baptizes a woman during a Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a government-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing, on Sept. 22. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
FaithShort Take
Yaqiu Wang
The provisional agreement between the Vatican and Beijing gives no assurance the government will curb its recent crackdown on religious practice, which includes unprecedented control over Muslims and Buddhists.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
James Van Dyke, S.J.
"In their efforts to be men who show respect, men who seek to serve, men who want to offer hope, our students offer witness that bad behavior and cynicism do not have to be the end of this story."
Cardinals attend the Good Friday service led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, March 30, 2018. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithShort Take
Bill McCormick, S.J.
It was only a matter of time before lay people would take it upon themselves to investigate church scandals.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Brianne Jacobs
Democratic socialism, this year’s political buzz phrase, follows the Catholic social teaching principle of people over profit. Its penchant for big solutions at the national level may not fit C.S.T. as neatly.