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Mercy Sister Karen Schneider, who is a pediatrician, talks with the mother of a child in the emergency room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 2014. U.S. health care seemed stuck in the waiting room for part of the year, holding out for its future prognosis from courtroom and political decisions. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Matthew Loftus
Jesus’ words are not a commentary on state welfare.
Refugee children wash their faces in a puddle in the refugee camp at Mwanza, Malawi, Feb. 8. (CNS photo/Erico Waga, EPA) 
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tessa Pulaski
Climate change is already affecting vulnerable populations across the world, in places that are the least able to adapt.
Mexican nationals at the Mexican Consulate General in Miami, which is offering legal assistance centers in response to President Donald Trump's measures to deport undocumented migrants. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Miguel Díaz
U.S. Catholics must welcome refugees, immigrants and strangers as a fundamental expression of Christian faith.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on the Federal budget, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Elizabeth Bruenig
The attraction of Trump’s brand of conservatism is that it recognizes the meaning in place, patriotism and culture.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, prior to an Oct. 24 private meeting between Maduro and Pope Francis at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Miraflores Palace handout via EPA)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., discusses the significance of religious peacebuilding in struggling countries.
Barronelle Stutzman, left, meets with supporters outside Washington's state Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert K. Vischer
A court decision compelling businesses to cater to same-sex weddings is a lazy response to the challenges of a pluralist society.