The U.S. Catholic bishops’ guidelines for Lenten fasting and abstinence absolve children from the dietary restrictions, but as a family we have always chosen...
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“O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” • Psalm 96:1 Melisma Melisma is a vocal technique that involves sliding through various notes...
Readings (Year A): Genesis 12:1–4aPsalm 33:4–5, 18–19, 20, 22.2 Timothy 1:8b–10Matthew 17:1–9 Reflection: May we witness God’s transfiguration of our society...
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...
En los suburbios del oeste de Chicago, en un corredor industrial con cercas metálicas, camiones de transporte y letreros de “prohibido el paso”, se encuentra...
Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around By Justin Giboney (InterVarsity Press, 2025) Since the second half of the 20th century, culture wars have infiltrated the...
The last time I attended a Mass in the older Latin rite, it was for the funeral of a friend. Tom was a difficult man in many ways, a war veteran whose stories...
President Donald Trump has discovered a number of ways to divide his fellow Americans. In attacks on American universities and threats to withhold federal...
How do you prepare a Catholic wedding between a born-and-raised Salvadoran Catholic and the only nondenominational convert in a nonreligious Chinese family...
When the U.S. Food and Drug Association approved the first human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine in 2006, my nurse practitioner mother sat me down to discuss it...
