“If you can’t have peace nowhere else in this world, you ought to have it in your own home.” Whenever my grandma would say that, I’d lean in—mostly...
Theology
Read about Catholic theology, including scholarly discussions, ethical considerations, and spiritual insights.
Imagine yourself in the first century, living somewhere in the Roman Empire. As a devotee of the local gods and goddesses, you are intrigued by the message of...
Jordan Wood did not think he had shared his views on hell that widely. An academic and Catholic convert, he had appeared on some podcasts and participated in 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...
I grew up in a Christian tradition that regularly talked about extreme heat, but it was always about hell. You didn’t want to go to hell, because hell was hot...
Antonio D. Sison C.P.P.S. and C. Vanessa White are professors at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. The suspense thriller Sinners, written and...
In 2013, the indie-rock band Vampire Weekend released a hit song called “Unbelievers,” in which the singer inquires whether the fire that “awaits unbelievers”...
In Augustine’s time, after a period of persecution against the church, a sect of Catholics known as Donatists held a grudge against the Catholics who had...
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...
What does it mean to be Black and Catholic? It means that I come to my church fully functioning; that doesn’t frighten you, does it? It means that… I bring...
