Life’s unexpected twists and turns need time to reveal the lessons they offer. Mowing the grass doesn’t rank high on the list of major life events, but when...
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At about mile 22 I practically forgot the reason I was running—or at this point barely jogging—my second marathon in as many years. My feet were screaming at...
A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. CATHOLIC readers share their memories, regrets, concerns, and hopes. When Mary Ellen Kelly heard that a plane...
Faith on the line in Iraq and at home “There are no atheists in foxholes,” the World War II adage goes. Certainly Catholics who have faced war in...
As Cuban refugees in Puerto Rico, my parents made it a priority in our upbringing for my brother Ignacio and me to learn Cuban history and traditions, from...
Maryann Cusimano Love knew that it was only a matter of time before terrorists would hit the United States, but it was a dead car battery that kept her out of...
A trillion-dollar price tag isn’t the only cost of war. While most of the Country’s attention is fixed on how best to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the...
Ten years ago, some members of the U.S. Catholic editorial staff were still in college, one was just starting high school, and some remember being evacuated...
South African Muslim scholar Farid Esack speaks about post-9/11 perceptions of Islam in this interview from January 2002. In the aftermath of September 11...
This interview from the December 2001 issue explores responses from two Catholics to the beginning of the War on Terror in Afghanistan. Just as government...
