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Photo of red "help" phone attached to wall next to sign depicting a wheelchair and marked "Area of Refuge" (iStock/Johnrob)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Calli Leighann Cook
Even during ordinary times, a lack of inclusive transportation can mean missing essential health appointments; during an emergency such as the California wildfires, it can be fatal.
Metropolitan Archbishop Borys A. Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia prays at the grave of a fallen Ukrainian soldier at a military cemetery near the city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Sept. 6, 2024. (OSV News photo/Gina Christian)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Borys Gudziak
Some voices advocate for immediate peace in Ukraine at any cost, but the world—and both political and religious leaders—must reject the illusion of a pacifism that ignores the harsh realities of evil and injustice.
Two male "Lights On" volunteers distribute food to recently released prison inmates. (IStock/:pandapix)
FaithShort Take
Brady Smith
The “manosphere” calls for more testosterone, more spectacle. But servant leadership, embodied in Catholic men’s groups past and present, encompass the fullness of human experience.
A young man looks with concern at his cellphone in one hand, while holding a cup of coffee in the other. (istock/Tassii)
FaithShort Take
Robert Buckland
Give up the “futile distractions” of online life. Abstinence would benefit your mental health and your pocketbook, as well as the larger community if enough of us did it.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J. Kevin Appleby
Areas for possible dialogue between the church and the Trump administration included anti-human-trafficking efforts, the status of Dreamers and the right of a nation to control its borders.
A uniformed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field officer, seen from behind, in Silver Spring, Md., on Jan. 27, 2025 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kathleen Bonnette
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations have sued the Trump administration’s to stop ICE agents from making arrests in churches. Solidarity requires us to do more to help the vulnerable.