February 2026
VOL. 91, NO. 2
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Features
The people’s liturgy
At an immigrant detention center, Catholic liturgies proclaim solidarity with victims of injustice.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
If the house must fall
BY YUNUEN TRUJILLO
An earthquake is currently passing through our nation. What happens next is up to us.
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
A glimmer of Easter
BY DANNY DUNCAN COLLUM
In the films of Martin Scorsese, no one is beyond redemption.
SALT & LIGHT
A profound act
BY MEGHAN J. CLARK
Care for the sick includes public health education and health care access.
MARGIN NOTES
Worthy ambition
BY KEVIN CLARKE
A city without children is a city without a future.
TESTAMENTS
GLAD YOU ASKED
In Person
Going solar
BY REBECCA RANDALL
Page Gravely helped launch Catholic Energies, a program for churches to embrace clean energy.
Essays
A liturgy of abundance
BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS
Inclusive parish life and the traditional liturgy could go hand in hand, if we let them.
Our sacrament
BY FABIO COLORADO AND SELAH LONG
Amidst cultural and religious differences, one couple built a new, unified wedding tradition.
Sounding Board
Lost in translation
BY KATHARINE HARMON
The church has been trying for decades to get the translation of the liturgy right.
Expert Witness
Holy lives
An interview with Tia Noelle Pratt
The story of Black Catholics in the United States is one of firm devotion and faithfulness.
Home Faith
Another face to wipe
BY TERESA CODA
Veronica shows us how to comfort in the moment without needing to save the day.
