Are full family schedules masking emptiness of spirit? A Catholic ethicist and suburban mom challenges families to make time for the really important stuff...
Expert Witness
Explore Expert Witness, U.S. Catholic’s Q&A series with theologians, scholars, and activists offering insights on faith, justice, and contemporary issues.
Lay ministry is here to stay, says this theologian. But there are growing pains still to come. When faced with the question “Who are the laity?” in the mid...
Making a case for Christianity is not an easy sell nowadays, and no one knows that better than Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. Participation in church life in his...
Catholic tradition still has answers for the questions of the contemporary world, says the former Master-General of the Dominican order. For someone who was...
Our government's use of torture puts being both American and Catholic in serious conflict, says this theologian. Theological research doesn't often...
The debate about death with dignity needs the wisdom of the Catholic spiritual tradition, says this physician and bioethicist. If you’ve never had to...
This scripture scholar invited U.S. Catholic readers to crack open the Good Book. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin may currently be tied in the competition for...
A good liturgy draws people in, challenges them, allows them to pariticpate, and gives a sense of awe, Father Keith Pecklers, S.J. says in this...
Bishop Donald Trautman explains in this 2005 interview some of the changes in the liturgy that we're seeing now, along with the reasons behind them. As a...
The founder of the international lay movement of the Sant’Egidio Community explains how his group has been able to build peace, one conflict at a time. When...
