“Have you seen The Chosen?” When the streaming series first began in 2019, this was an innocuous question. But now, the same question can feel like a litmus...
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About six years ago, a good friend recommended I watch a movie called Jenny’s Wedding. Jenny is a young woman with a successful career and a kind heart. Her...
In the south Florida city of Homestead, near the Everglades, low-income migrant farmworkers have long labored in area fields. Today, their children face steep...
Haitian refugee Patrick Joseph comes from a country where tropical flowers bloom in a cavalcade of colors. He now lives in Springfield, Ohio, where the dreary...
Across the United States, Claretian Missionaries fostered Spanish-speaking parishes for Latino migrants in working-class neighborhoods. Claretians put these...
Readings (Year C): 2 Kings 5:14 – 17Psalm 98:1, 2 – 3, 3 – 42 Timothy 2:8 – 13Luke 17:11 – 19 Reflection: Healing comes through...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Catholics have frequently taken a stand against civil authorities, even breaking the law, to remain true to...
Talkin to the Trees Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts (Reprise, 2025) A friend of mine used to say, “The older I get the more like myself I get.” And that’s...
In Their Own Words is a new web column from U.S. Catholic. In these essays, academics and other experts provide short, evidence-based explanations of prominent...
