It might not take a village to raise a Catholic priest, but it almost always takes at least one “encourager”—a person, priest or lay, who...
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A number of years back, I worked for a stint as a hospital chaplain. I worked in a number of different "units," from antepartum to the NICU to...
Tomorrow is the official beginning of summer, so get out your sunscreen and beach towels. It’s also the beginning of the summer news slump. But you can still...
In my daily commute to Chicago’s Loop, the sights and sounds become routine. Leaving my apartment at nearly the same time every day, I see the same people on...
I found the headlines covering last week’s meeting of the U.S. bishops in New Orleans to be fairly amusing: According to some reports, the bishops were...
Guest blog “God wants you to publish my book.” So said Sister Suzanne Zuercher the first time I met her about a year ago at a meeting of the...
Registrations are currently being accepted for the first joint pilgrimage to the Holy Land organized by U.S. Catholic magazine and Catholic Theological Union...
After President Barack Obama made news last week with an effort to help college graduates with student loan payments, this week someone else is stepping up to...
With the World Cup off to a kick-start yesterday, many FIFA soccer fans have been left wondering who Pope Francis will be hoping to win. Even though the...
It’s Friday the 13th, and there’s a full moon. That, apparently, will not happen again until 2049. So just in case you spent your week doomsday...
