In January, McDonald’s ran a TV spot for the Big Mac. It ridiculed foods currently popular with gourmands, including kale. “All vegetarians, foodies, and...
Health and wellness
An assignment to write a feature on male spirituality overlaps with a serious medical diagnosis, surgery, and an unexpected awakening. It was more than a year...
The Catholic Church has long had a major role in providing care to the sick. But what does Catholic identity look like on the new frontiers of modern health...
Calling police to deal with people suffering from mental illness is a recipe for disaster. Recent police shootings of African Americans, including a 12-year...
Generations of Catholics were raised to believe that suicide was one of the gravest sins a person can commit—and many Catholics today still fear that a loved...
As a child, Laura Anthony visited her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, every weekend after Mass. “As a kid I never knew what to talk about,” she says. “It was...
When a person dies by suicide, those left behind often find themselves asking the same painful question: “What could I have done to prevent this?” In most...
Like a robin returning after winter, I am set to begin another trip ‘home’ to see my dad. He lived at home for a few years following the death of...
We need to weed through the pros and cons of marijuana use before rushing into a decision on its legalization. Sounding Boards are one person’s take on a...
The young woman shared her difficult history, her crippling grief. Then she asked, “So what’s a chaplain again?” Hospitals, especially hospital emergency...
