Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has implored the church to turn to the peripheries. Rarely have words been put into such direct action as...
Global Church
When Pope Francis announced his new crop of cardinals earlier this year, it did not go unnoticed that no Americans were on the list. There was no red hat for...
The ISIS blitzkrieg into northern Iraq last summer and the subsequent decimation of one of the oldest Christian communities of the church—coupled with the so...
2014 was, in many ways, a depressing year. From the rise of ISIS to the spread of Ebola, stories of violence, tragedy, and fear dominated headlines. In the U.S...
There are a few things in life that one should express gratitude to God for. Of course, the obvious ones are the usual: family, health, friends, inviting and...
The editors of U.S. Catholic interview Claretian Father Samuel Canilang, the director of the Institute for Consecrated Life in Asia (ICLA) in Quezon City near...
Undeterred by threats of failure, Jim Ziolkowski is proof that one man can build a better world. After graduating from college in 1989, Jim Ziolkowski yearned...
This Ugandan sister is a surrogate mom to the “Lost Girls” of her nation, restoring their sense of dignity after their years in a living nightmare. When Sister...
Why must a woman be seen as someone’s mother or sister to deserve respect and safety on a street in India—or anywhere? When I was 13 years old, a man in a...
Catholic Relief Services circles the globe to provide life-changing aid, but it doesn’t have to look far for inspiration—there is plenty in the gospel. When...
