Author - J. Peter Nixon

J. Peter Nixon is a regular contributor to U.S. Catholic.

Incoming Missal

Get ready for changes to your Sunday Mass. When Father Jeff Keyes arrived at St. Edward's Parish in the summer of 2004, he found a thriving, multiethnic...

Render Unto Caesar

Render Unto Caesar, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput (Doubleday, 2008) Over the last four years, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has become one of the most well...

Let’s get political

How parishes can successfully navigate this election year and promote faithful citizenship The year 2008 was a tough one for preachers. In March a video of the...

Men and abortion

   "The clinic was a very cold place. We spoke to a counselor who asked us if we felt that we knew what we were doing. They told me it...

Closing arguments

Though they agree that sometimes a parish must be closed, U.S. Catholic readers have plenty of suggestions on how the process might be improved. Last...