Pope Francis was famously not a fan of judging other people, at least not on the individual level. Over the 12-plus years of his pontificate, however, there...
War and peace
A significant legacy of Pope Francis will be how he kept Palestinians close to his heart. The pontiff consistently and repeatedly called for a Gaza ceasefire...
As 2024 concluded, the demolition of Gaza and its people continued unabated. After 15 months of violence, their suffering, normalized, faded into the...
Want to visit the most peaceful country in the world this winter? Well, bundle up: You’re on your way to Iceland. That frigid state is the world’s peace leader...
Earlier this year, Lily,* a Catholic doctoral student at a Midwestern college, was looking out the window of their library, intently watching the Catholic...
With nearly one-third of Americans owning a firearm, the United States ranks first in per capita gun ownership. According to Pew Research, protection is the...
On May 2, Notre Dame students gathered on a lawn on the university’s campus to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Palestinian student Daniel Bannoura publicly...
Mike Martin is the founder and executive director of RAWtools. “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall...
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 Claretians...
For centuries, a consistent commitment to nonviolence was, at best, a marginal position within the Catholic Church. Rather than rejecting violence outright...
