June 2025
VOL. 90, NO. 6
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Features
‘The good press’
Over the past 90 years, U.S. Catholic has carved out its place in Catholicism’s “big tent.”
Vanishing voices
BY RHINA GUIDOS
As Catholic newspapers fade, PR-driven media are reshaping the church’s outreach.
Columns
THE EXAMINED LIFE
Stand up
BY YUNUEN TRUJILLO
How do we show up for the most vulnerable in these times?
CULTURE IN CONTEXT
Vital signs
BY PAMELA HILL NETTLETON
A harrowing look at the chaos of emergency medicine, The Pitt reminds us of the humanity—and hardship—in health care today.
SALT & LIGHT
Born leaders
BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS
The work of courageous women journalists is essential not only to Catholic media but to the gospel mission of the church.
MARGIN NOTES
The immigrant’s lament
BY KEVIN CLARKE
Irish immigrant history offers lessons for today.
TESTAMENTS
Fan the flames
BY ALICE CAMILLE
Pentecost calls us to be living fire, shining a light wherever we are needed most.
GLAD YOU ASKED
Will couples still be married in heaven?
BY DAVID PITT
Departments
Editors’ Note
You May Be Right (Letters to the Editor)
From the Archives
Poetry
Reviews (Music, Film, Books)
Eye of the Beholder (Art meditation)
Practicing Catholic
Written truth
BY JAMIE MARICH
Memoir writing can be a valuable spiritual practice, even if it’s just for yourself.
Essays
A legacy of hope
BY NICHOLAS HAYES-MOTA
Pope Francis envisioned a more inclusive and synodal church, with the marginalized at the heart of its mission.
Priest and prophet
BY RENEE RODEN
The “apostle of the good press” can help us navigate today’s media landscape with faith and integrity.
Sounding Board
The people have spoken
BY U.S. CATHOLIC CONTRIBUTORS
A provocative collection of Sounding Board opinions from U.S. Catholic’s 90-year history.
Expert Witness
Tracking changes
An interview with Father Mark Brummel and Father John Molyneux
Former editors of U.S. Catholic reflect on the intersection of faith, journalism, and storytelling.
Home Faith
Slouching toward piety
BY DON CLEMMER
Raising faithful children is about kindness, not devotion.
