March 2025
VOL. 90, NO. 3
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Features
The bread we share
No matter how the rituals have evolved, the point of the Eucharist has always been communion.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Someday soon
BY YUNUEN TRUJILLO
This jubilee year, don’t lose hope that change in the church will come.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
New terrain
BY PAMELA HILL NETTLETON
WIll and Harper shows how compassion and deep listening guide us through life’s profound changes.
SALT & LIGHT
Heart to heart
BY DAVID CLOUTIER
Pope Francis calls for a world shaped by the Sacred Heart’s enduring and transformative love.
MARGIN NOTES
A different future
BY KEVIN CLARKE
The situation in the Middle East requires a vast humanitarian response.
TESTAMENTS
Lent unburdened
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Reenvision Lent as a season of hope—Jesus did.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
From the Archives
Poetry
Reviews (Music, Film, Books)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
Practicing Catholic
Longtime listener
BY EVAN BEDNARZ
Music doesn’t have to be religious to foster a relationship with God.
Essays
A matter of trust
BY MICHAEL DESANCTIS
A simple conversation at church can inspire intergenerational connection.
A time to pause
BY KATHLEEN BONNETTE
Consider prioritizing peace over mortification this Lent.
Sounding Board
A place to call home
BY SHANNON WIMP SCHMIDT
What makes the ideal parish? U.S. Catholic readers weigh in.
Expert Witness
We are all protesters
An interview with Gloria Browne-Marshall
We can’t wait for others to push for justice, we have to fight for ourselves, says this civil rights lawyer.
Home Faith
Thorny conversations
BY SHANNON WIMP SCHMIDT
Talking about the crucifixion with kids can be tricky at any age.
