U.S. Catholic Blog

Put down the budget axe

The election season is fast approaching and the rhetorical ammunition no doubt being stockpiled. This month will begin something Washington is describing as...

The politics of immigration

Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois has written the Department of Homeland Security that it is dropping the state’s participation in the Secure Communities...

Population bomb?

Two stories on USCatholic.org in the past month or so have generated loads of comments: a blog post by Assistant Editor Meghan Murphy-Gill on Catholic women...

The challenge of pacifism

The editors participated in a challenging interview today with Jim Forest, who is the young activist from Thomas Mertons’ famous “Letter to a young activist.”...