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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Mary Hallan FioRito
For the rare cases in which mothers consider late-term abortions to spare infants from pain, perinatal hospice programs offer a compassionate and life-affirming alternative.
A home fallout shelter near Akron, Mich., captured by an unknown photographer in 1960. (National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency/(397-MA-2s-160)/[VENDOR # 125])
Politics & SocietyShort Take
L. C. McHugh, S.J.
Does Catholic social teaching permit you to mount a machine gun at the door of your family’s fallout shelter? In 1961, this was not an idle question.
FaithShort Take
Kevin Ahern
Pope Francis speaks to the ‘now’ of God with his new letter to youth.
Social entrepreneurship programs, including those that promote sustainable agriculture, can benefit from the principles of the Spiritual Exercises. (iStock)
FaithShort Take
Thane Kreiner
Social entrepreneurs are ideally situated to help manifest the Jesuit mission to end poverty and protect the planet, writes the director of a training and mentorship center at Santa Clara University.
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FaithShort Take
Addison Del Mastro
A nun’s ability to find humor rather than outrage, to remain humble while believing oneself to be in possession of the truth, is something we can use more of in today’s church.
Mourners hug on March 18 after visiting the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, the site of a terrorist attack last Friday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Saadia Ahmad
First, reach out to your neighbors and local mosque to show concern and compassion. Then call out those in your life who dehumanize others.