“What’s your confirmation name?” is a peculiarly Catholic icebreaker. The question is based on generations of Catholic children choosing a saint’s name for...
Sacraments
When Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger celebrates Mass at migrant shelters on the U.S.-Mexico border, he pops open the trunk of his minivan and takes out a...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also...
I recently became a godmother for the second time in my life, which made me quite nervous. I wasn’t concerned with the part about “being a spiritual mentor”: I...
If I hurt someone I care about, I should admit what I have done and apologize and usually shouldn’t need anybody else there as a mediator. So why do Catholics...
Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, only 42 percent of the population surveyed in a Pew Research Center poll responded that being part of a Catholic...
My father was seriously ill several times in his last years of life. He could have received the sacrament of the anointing of the sick when facing surgery for...
