Hermits are rarely in the news. Not only are there relatively few people who seek to become hermits, but those who do embrace a solitary existence of prayer...
Church history
Discover U.S. Catholic articles on church history that highlight social justice, reform, and the diverse voices that have shaped Catholic tradition.
“You are who you are,” says Maybe Burke, a trans artist and educator. “No one can tell you who you are but you. Whoever you know yourself to be, you are right...
On a morning in 1531, a decade after the brutality of the Spanish conquest, a Nahua peasant walked through the hills near present-day Mexico City. The man’s...
Of the 7.6 percent of patients in the United States who have survived a full cardiac arrest, 40 percent of them retain some memory of experiences that seem to...
Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church By Gareth Gore (Simon & Schuster, 2024) My personal...
In 1917, Dorothy Day was the victim of political persecution as she joined activists in Washington, D.C. standing outside the White House with picket signs...
This past April, controversial conservative personality Candace Owens announced on social media that she had “recently made the decision to come home.” The...
Kidnapped Directed by Mario Bellocchio (IBC Movie, 2024) In the eyes of a child, Catholicism can be bizarre, a point driven home to me recently when, mid-Mass...
“Just offer it up!” It’s a typical Catholic response to children’s complaints. Bored during Mass? Offer it up to Jesus. Teacher yelled at you? Offer it up...
Sometimes, we feel caught in a maelstrom. Modern life moves at a breathless pace and we despair at keeping up. Pope Francis dubbed this dizzying trajectory...
