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FaithShort Take
Brandon Sanchez
This year, the election hovered over the Teach-In, with conversations about immigration and racism predominating.
People wait to see Pope Francis during his visit to the Knock Shrine in Knock, Ireland, Aug. 26. The pope’s visit was still a major event in Ireland, but the repeal of the ban on blasphemy is one more sign of secularization. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) 
FaithShort Take
Kevin Hargaden
Before the vote, the Irish bishops called the law against blasphemy “largely obsolete,” and its demise makes for a more constructive social arrangement than Catholic hegemony.
Central American migrants reach the shore on the Mexican side of the Suchiate River after wading across from Guatemala on Oct. 20. Thousands of migrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are making their way north through Mexico. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Antonio De Loera-Brust
The real threat to the United States is not the unarmed migrants making a dangerous trek through Mexico, it is the fear and hate that sensationalized coverage of the caravan has fomented.
A father gives water to his malnourished daughter at a feeding center in a hospital in Hodeida, Yemen, on Sept. 27. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joshua Heavin
After the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, we must reconsider our relationship with Saudi Arabia—and can no longer turn our eyes from our complicity in the devastation of Yemen.
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.