A table in my living room has become a kind of shrine. On it rest photos of people special to me: my grandmother, my parents, my best friend. All have passed...
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In the parish church of my youth, my family often sat under a stained glass window that depicted a poor man lying on the ground with his hand out to the Roman...
Francis has conservatives talking schism. But a split is easier said than done. c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Many conservative Catholics have long...
Directed by Shawn Levy (Warner Bros., 2014) Following the death of the Altman family’s patriarch, his four children travel home to join their mother (Jane...
As I begin to write this, I’m sitting in the observation car of the California Zephyr. The time approaches 10 p.m., and the endless plains of Nebraska recede...
Parish Name: Immaculate Conception Location: Malden, Massachusetts Founded: 1854 Diocese: Boston Pastor: Father Richard Mehm Number of Parishioners: More than...
From the mountains to the prairies, Catholic churches stand tall—as widely varied as the people who worship in them. For most Americans, the U.S. Capitol in...
Want to cast a vote for democracy? Stand up and be counted on Election Day. If you are among the less than 50 percent of registered voters expected to make the...
Generations of Catholics were raised to believe that suicide was one of the gravest sins a person can commit—and many Catholics today still fear that a loved...
By Margaret Brinig and Nicole Stelle Garnett (University of Chicago, 2014) The case for Catholic education has long rested on research showing the schools to...
