U.S. Catholic Blog

Don’t go to church…

If you're sick. I've been wondering if swine flu worries were going to affect church in some way, and it seems it has. Across the country bishops are...

A pine box, that’s all

When we surveyed U.S. Catholic readers last March about their last wishes, a few noted that they wanted to be cremated to avoid being pumped full of chemicals...

Fake celibacy, part 2

Despite the fact that I've evidently been denounced to the Holy Office for my allegedly unorthodox views about mandatory clerical celibacy, I thought...

Recession ripples

The New York Times' Bob Herbert makes some good points in a recent column ("Children in peril"): with all eyes on bank bailouts, foundering home...

Can Catholics go greener?

I was pleased to read today of a new Catholic initiative on climate change, the Catholic Climate Covenant, which was introduced yesterday by Bishop William...