Though they agree that sometimes a parish must be closed, U.S. Catholic readers have plenty of suggestions on how the process might be improved. Last...
Sounding Board
Dive into our Sounding Board essays, where U.S. Catholic readers and writers tackle controversial church topics through reader surveys and opinion pieces.
This article appeared in the August 1988 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 53, No. 8, pages 6-17). An old Arab proverb says: “Trust in God but tie up your...






