Recently, I came across a portrait by teen artist Betty Shanefelter in the American University/Museum of Contemporary American Teenagers exhibit, The Teen...
Author - Kathleen Bonnette
My son is the middle child, with sisters on either side, and when people discover this, I inevitably hear playful expressions of pity on his behalf—some...
As someone who tends to get stuck in my head, over-analyzing thoughts and arguments to find flaws and make meaning, studying theology was an obvious academic...
One year during Lent, as I was writing my doctoral dissertation in stolen moments while mothering two toddlers, I gave up precisely 10 minutes each day to take...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics...
Introducing In Their Own Words, a new web column from U.S. Catholic. In these essays, academics and other experts provide short, evidence-based...
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...
In 1917, Dorothy Day was the victim of political persecution as she joined activists in Washington, D.C. standing outside the White House with picket signs...
Recently, a lifelong Catholic family member passionately insisted that although she “doesn’t like everything” about former President Trump—such as his role in...
