Like too many people, I did not grow up with the benefit of observing a healthy relationship between my parents. I met my first spouse mere weeks after I found...
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“When we know ourselves, we bring the gift of our history and our culture to one another, to the church, and to the world…I investigate and embrace the...
Introducing In Their Own Words, a new web column from U.S. Catholic. In these essays, academics and other experts provide short, evidence-based...
Readings (Year B): Deuteronomy 12:1 – 3Psalms 16:5, 8, 9 – 10, 11Hebrew 10:11 – 14, 18Mark 13:24 – 32 Reflection: Hope sees what is It...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify This week is a unique episode of the show: Host Zoe is joined by producer Cristian Murphy and two guests who are...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In times of difficulty and strife, it’s easy to feel hopeless. Sometimes it’s personal loss or tragedy...
Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church By Gareth Gore (Simon & Schuster, 2024) My personal...
Politics can be exhausting and indeed discouraging. A few weeks ago, when I asked my 18-year-old freshmen students if they’d registered to vote, half of them...
Around 2 a.m. on November 6, once it was clear what the election outcome would be, I finally went to sleep. It was not a restful night. Every time I woke up, I...
There seems to be a prevalent sentiment amongst Catholics in the United States—the feeling that we don’t fit in with either political party and thus have to...