In September 2002, on the one-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I was 10 years old, living in New York, and full of frightened questions about...
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Kaya Oakes is an author and lecturer for the College Writing Programs at University of California, Berkeley. The gospels are filled with stories of radical...
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...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 62:1 – 5Psalm 96:1 – 2, 2 – 3, 7 – 8, 9 – 101 Corinthians 12:4 – 11John 2:1 – 11...
Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror Directed by Hiroshi Nagahama & Yuji Moriyama (Adult Swim, 2024) It only took five years in development, but the anime...
I was scheduled to graduate from Villanova University in May 1979. I was a business major and near the top of my class grade-wise, and I had spent months...
As our 10th wedding anniversary approached, my wife, Theresa, and I hatched a plan to celebrate. We would ask my parents and brothers to watch our four young...
Readings (Year C): Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 Reflection: Hope does not disappoint There’s a curious...
As we head into 2025—a year that Pope Francis has declared a Jubilee year for the church—the United States faces a second Trump presidency, leaving many...
At Just Roots Chicago, a dedicated staff and team of 1,500 volunteers have transformed three and a half acres into a community farm on the site of a demolished...
