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We have done a disservice to our entire Catholic community by keeping quiet about Natural Family Planning and then rushing through it in marriage prep. (iStock/jacoblund)
FaithShort Take
Ellen Holloway
Natural Family Planning is too important to be relegated to marriage preparation class, writes Ellen Holloway of the Charting Toward Intimacy podcast. We need to talk about it early and often.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Leigh Vogel/Pool via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
Stand firm. The time is now for your consistent pro-life vision of human dignity to shine. 
The destroyed Al-Tahera Syriac Catholic Church is seen in Mosul, Iraq, on Feb. 22, 2021. The church was bombarded during the airstrike campaign that drove the Islamic State out of Mosul. (CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Luma Simms
Refugees from the attacks on Christians in Iraq cannot help but feel bitter and forgotten, writes Luma Simms. Pope Francis’ upcoming visit is an opportunity to begin healing and seek religious harmony.
FaithShort Take
Sam Sawyer, S.J.
Statements by some U.S. bishops on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19 are proving to be a cautionary tale about confusing Catholics on what is morally permissible.
FaithShort Take
Christopher P. Clohessy
Pope Francis, by visiting a Shia majority country, completes his pastoral embrace of the Islamic world, begun two years ago with his trip to Abu Dhabi when he met with Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb.
Ballots are counted at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh on Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Matt Keller
With the support of President Biden and a large majority of Americans, the multigenerational struggle for a just and equitable electoral system has a real chance of success, writes Democracy 21’s Matt Keller.