My path to the priesthood, as with all priests in the United States, involved many years of higher education. I earned two degrees from the University of Notre...
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Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
Can fair trade grow beyond just coffee? Sunday Mass has ended at St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax, Virginia, and parishioners are filing out. Deb...
Daniel Sulmasy discusses preparing your family for how to respond to a health crisis when you can't. What kind of advance directives do you recommend? I...
The debate about death with dignity needs the wisdom of the Catholic spiritual tradition, says this physician and bioethicist. If you’ve never had to...
Only our better angels can guide us to interreligious understanding. American politics always seems to turn on the next "threat" to our security...
God in America (American Experience and Frontline) on PBS With recent news of American’s lack of religious knowledge, God in America is an important...
Directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith (First Run Features, 2009) Plato believed some stories need to be told over and over, fed to our children like...
Saint Francis by Robert West (Thomas Nelson, 2010) St. Francis, who lived and preached in the 13th century, is one of Christianity’s most beloved saints...
These celestial beings are elusive and mysterious—but totally necessary. Once upon a time I believed in angels. Then I got older and gave up childish...
