You know you’re in for an interesting conversation when a lifelong Catholic says that getting to know and love Islam helped her develop a deep knowledge and...
Interfaith
On a Friday afternoon in late April, we entered the bustling hallways of New York’s St. Aloysius School in Harlem. Children were pouring out of the doorways...
By Amy-Jill Levine (HarperOne, 2014) Amy-Jill Levine is a Jewish scholar whose particular interest is Christian scripture. That’s reason enough to read...
It’s now been almost a year since Pope Francis issued his apostolic exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel.” Much has been written about this...
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...
Whether by intention or not, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s choice of a papal name has meaning not only for Catholics. St. Francis of Assisi is a widely...
Ten years after the release of The Passion of the Christ, a renewed interest in biblical films has landed Jesus back in Hollywood. On Ash Wednesday, February...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a city of great cultural diversity. I arrived here after working for 10 years with undocumented immigrants in Tennessee and...
Pope Francis’ generous approach to atheists got the world talking—and we should be glad it did. One of the pleasures of Pope Francis’ honeymoon period as...
In the wake of terrorism, the global community must come together to build welcoming, loving environments for our young people–especially Muslim youth...
