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In this 2015 file photo, LGBTQ supporters wave a flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The Catholic Medical Association joined a lawsuit Aug. 26, 2021, challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' mandate that doctors and hospitals must perform gender-transition procedures over their own moral or medical objections. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Blase J. CupichTimothy Michael Dolan
Cardinal Cupich and Cardinal Dolan on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Does objecting to performing gender transition procedures—but welcoming patients who identify as transgender—constitute discrimination? Of course not.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone
Pope Francis has asked Catholics to pray this September for an end to the death penalty, and we should ask ourselves a key question: Is it really necessary to kill in order to protect society?
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
Groups calling for the removal of books from libraries and school curricula today would do well to consider the Catholic Church’s experiences with attempting to censor authors.
Photo by Andy Feliciotti on Unsplash
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Republicans were as likely as Democrats to say that democracy is in trouble. Does this mean we have achieved a consensus without realizing it?
FaithShort Take
James T. Keane
A mentor for a generation of scholars of American Catholic history, John W. O'Malley, S.J., died Sept. 11, 2022, at the age of 95.
A student wears a crucifix and a pro-life T-shirt during a July 22, 2022, Turning Point USA Student Action Summit (SAS) in Tampa, Fla. (CNS photo/Marco Bello, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Nonwhite voters naturally do not have much affection for America as it existed before the civil rights movements.