One thing on my “bucket list” that I’m sure will never get crossed off is a trip into space. I’ve always been a space nerd, and so I...
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I’ve been troubled re-reading the accounts of what happened the night St. Mary’s student Lizzy Seeberg was sexually assaulted by a Notre Dame...
As we draw nearer to the October release date of the new Roman Missal, I expect to see more and more essays about how rotten the new translations are, such as...
An American motto rings true for the church in the United States, says Drew Nelson. Guest blog post by Drew Nelson E pluribus unum. Out of many, one. The...
There use to be an unspoken pattern to Hispanic migration to the United States: Mexicans drifted to Los Angeles or South Texas, Puerto Ricans—soon followed by...
To guest blogger Stephanie Niedringhaus, being an American Catholic means embracing a “We the people” approach to church and standing up for the...
From the pages of the you-cannot-be-serious in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune: There is a group of Catholics–actually members of the schismatic...
Last week was a big news week for Chicago. Former Governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 out of 20 charges of corruption, including attempting to sell...
Some recent theological debates about hell have gone mainstream, getting space in the pages of Time Magazine and the New York Times. U.S. Catholic will...
The sex abuse crisis in the American church has made it sometimes an embarassment to be a Catholic in this country, says Pat Senneville. But she finds comfort...