We are one church and we need just one Mass, this Catholic argues-even if that one Mass is celebrated in any number of languages. At one end of the archdiocese...
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Our family’s initiation to the new era of children’s birthday parties began when our first child was 9 months old. I accepted an invitation to a...
U.S. Catholic readers think heaven’s doors open far wider than our reputation in pop culture would indicate. The Catholics in an often-repeated popular...
The high cost of Catholic education leaves many in the dust. One mother argues that it will take the whole church to pick up the children who are left behind...
I never imagined that crossing paths with homeless people would become a part of our children's grade school education. Who would put that on the...
What parent doesn't want to make their children's wishes come true at Christmas, to see their little eyes light up as they tear off the wrapping paper...
No doubt U.S. Catholic Reader C. Wall of Woodstock, Illinois speaks for many when she succinctly sums up what does and doesn't make for a good...
Our readers have some strong ideas about how to build a better clergy–from training to ordination requirements to personal traits that make a priest...
On Palm Sunday 2007 Father Joseph Kraker poured water over the head of a baby boy in St. Vincent's Church in Akron, Ohio. "I baptize you in the name...
Leading off is Mother Teresa, followed by Mom and Catherine of Siena. Batting cleanup is Mary. Readers have chosen an all-star lineup of saints, nuns, family...
