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FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
“The Jews” didn’t kill Jesus. And if the Gospel of John makes people think that, we should read a different Gospel on Good Friday.
A priest prays with a death-row inmate in 2008 at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Ind. (CNS photo/Tim Hunt, Northwest Indiana Catholic)
FaithShort Take
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy
Why is it that so many of us shed tears in remembering Christ’s execution on Good Friday yet condone the state-sanctioned killing of our neighbors throughout the rest of the year?
FaithShort Take
Jim McDermott
The institutional Catholic Church as we currently experience it is simply not going to be able to survive, and yet much of our leadership seems content to blame the messenger and insist on business as usual. So what to do?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last December that California will be “a sanctuary for people seeking abortions.” (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file photo)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Ken Johnson-Mondragón
It is galling that the word “sanctuary” is being claimed by states promising greater access to abortion. But we can create true sanctuaries for both vulnerable women and the human beings in their wombs.
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels strikes out against the Oakland Athletics during a spring training game on March 28, 2022, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
It’s time for baseball season, and that means games that are too long, teams that aren’t competitive and the exploitation of minor league players. Blame the major leagues and their monopoly status.
A Palestinian flag in Silwan, one of the few neighborhoods in East Jerusalem were large numbers of Palestinians still reside. (iStock/DZarzycka)  
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeff Wright
For more than a decade, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem has suffered noise and damages to homes from excavation work for a “Bible Park,” and residents fear they will be pushed out entirely.