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FaithShort Take
Joseph McAuley
The history of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a colorful one—though shorter than you think.
A woman walks past a burning apartment building after shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kevin Clarke
Human suffering crosses all ethnic, racial and political borders. Efforts to alleviate it must do the same.
A leading contributor to climate change is the release of methane gas from livestock grazing in pastures and confined in feedlots around the globe. (iStock/dusanpetkovic)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Mary E. McGann
Pope Francis has called for Catholics to support principles of “total sustainability.” A meat industry that warms the planet, ravages forests and fouls our water is incompatible with those principles.
Women and children wait to board a bus heading to Przemysl after fleeing Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, on March 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Marc Roscoe Loustau
Two million people have already fled Ukraine, many to European nations that resisted accepting refugees from the Middle East. Will this new crisis force a reckoning on the treatment of all displaced persons?
FaithShort Take
John F. Crosby
Alice von Hildebrand was one of the heroes of faith in our time. We should cherish her memory.
Hawk medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, manufactured by the U.S. company Raytheon. (iStock/ewg3D)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
John W. Miller
When war erupts, the weapons industry benefits from the fears that motivate politicians to budget more money for the military—and investors to sink more capital into armaments.