After the priest and the Levite have passed by an injured traveler, the Samaritan man is moved with compassion, providing first aid and then medical care for...
Health and wellness
We should be helping America’s young people really be all that they can be. Despite the grim toll taken in what is becoming a war of attrition in Afghanistan...
Not long after Rich Salazar moved to DeKalb, Illinois from California, he found himself knocking at the door of St. Mary’s Church. The then-college...
Struggling with mental illness? Sister Kathryn James Hermes, author of Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach (Pauline Books & Media), offers some...
In honor of Father Damien’s beatification on October 11, we revisit a story from 2000 about Molokai. The church continues to care for the settlements...
Fast food has meant a slow death for thousands. Why aren't we doing more about it? If you knew of an obvious public safety hazard that contributed to the...
And our politicians need a brain transplant. Universal health care is the most compassionate option we have, argues a Catholic doctor, and it’s the...
In this article from the U.S. Catholic archives, Kevin Clarke explored the state of our U.S. health care in 2004, capturing the effects of a crisis that...
Mass could use the hard dose of reality offered by those recovering from addiction. I go to church every Sunday with a bunch of addicts. Well...
Baptism might not have exactly saved this baby’s life, but it showed his family the power of love and faith. As a religious educator, I have always...
