When it comes to finding the perfect place of worship, U.S. Catholic readers say you’d better shop around. When shopping for a new house, sometimes you know...
Parish life
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
Picture the lives of today's Catholics in contrast to the lives of our ancestors a hundred years ago, or of even the older generation who grew up during...
The religious landscape is shifting. Don’t hunker down—get creative. It was a story that could have appeared in any city newspaper: Historic old church faces...
Of all the body parts I didn’t expect my busted knee to affect, it was my eyes. But I’m here to tell you that the first thing that changes when you’re hobbling...
The new missal has made priests watch their language, but after one year most say the meaning of the Mass is getting lost in translation. There was plenty of...
Reporting straight from the pews after a year of the new translations, U.S. Catholic readers say they are still stumbling through the prayers. Stilted...
Fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the church faces new challenges. In this final installment of a three-part series, Father Anthony...
Fifty years after the game-changing Second Vatican Council a new generation helps the church respond to today’s signs of the times. John Wilkens asks, What can...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors, or the...
