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Hannah Joerger, left, Amanda Grosserode, center, and Mara Loughman hug after a Value Them Both watch party after the failure of a referendum to remove the right to abortion from the state constitution, on Aug. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
Abortion activists have been preparing for years for a battle like the one in Kansas. But pro-lifers may have been caught flat-footed, perhaps never really believing that Roe would fall.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert David Sullivan
Like gun violence, car-related violence is also a uniquely American problem.
Politics & SocietyNews Analysis
William Dailey, C.S.C.
Clarence Thomas wants the Supreme Court to revisit same-sex marriage. But the majority opinion in Dobbs, and the comments of the other justices, suggest that he is alone.
In the midst of a crowd, a woman holds a sign which says "I vote pro-life first."
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Charles C. Camosy
It is time for pro-lifers to abandon the nose-holding, smash the MAGA idol and find a different way.
Pope Francis prays at the Ermineskin Cree Nation Cemetery before meeting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities at Maskwacis, Alberta, July 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
After a brochure that demonized traditions of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people was handed out to young people, tribal leaders took action, approving an ordinance that curtails Christian missions at Pine Ridge.
The landmark Catholic basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. Johns, Newfoundland. iStock
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Aloysius Wong
A group of elderly survivors of abuse at Newfoundland’s Mount Cashel Orphanage are finally receiving compensation ordered by a landmark ruling in 2020 that went against the Archdiocese of St. John’s.