Toward the end of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, Odysseus (played by Matt Damon) utters a despairing line clearly influenced by a Talmudic aphorism that’s...
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Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube For Catholics seeking accurate information about the church’s teachings on sex ethics...
The Seagull on the Chapel By Eric A. Clayton and Shannon K. Evans, illustrated by Angela Edmonds (Paraclete Press, 2026) Only recently did I learn that two of...
I live in an intentional community in a Quaker meetinghouse, and while rummaging through the Quaker library one day, I came across laminated, yellowing prints...
“Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.”(Matthew 13:51) None of us likes to appear ignorant. Chances are when someone asks if you’re aware of a...
Amid anxious predictions of an AI future, it is a critical time for us to think carefully about the value and dignity of human work. Theologian Michael...
Damon Garcia is the author of “You Don’t Need a Calling: An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto for a Life of Purpose” (Broadleaf Books). When Damon Garcia was growing...
Readings (Year A): 1 Kings 3:5, 7–12Psalm 119:57, 72, 76–77, 127–128, 129–130Romans 8:28–30Matthew 13:44–52 Reflection: God is working for the good of all the...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube On October 7, 2023, militant pro-Palestinian groups carried out a series of attacks on...
