When my kids get upset that one of their friends is saying something untrue—something small, usually, with no bearing on reality—I typically respond by helping...
Women in the church
When Mary and Joseph found themselves expecting a baby, they had one thing in common with modern families: They knew whether they were awaiting a boy or a girl...
Christmas is different this year: The Earth is on fire. Across the west coast, ashes lie where great forests once stood. Climate scientists explain to we who...
Carla Piette Although it has received little notice, Pope Francis introduced a new pathway to sainthood on July 11, 2017, recognizing individuals who, although...
When Ann Patchett wrote the memoir Truth & Beauty (Harper Perennial) about her 17-year friendship with brilliant, troubled Lucy Grealy, Clemson University...
A natural overlap exists between the movement Jesus founded in first-century Palestine and contemporary feminist thought: Both are concerned with loving all...
While researching the history of Catholic feminism for her first book, Mary Henold, a professor of history at Roanoke College, stumbled across the work of a...
I have not been to Mass or any in-person prayer since March. My parish reopened with limited occupancy, but I do not feel comfortable attending any inside...
The reports started trickling in soon after the novel coronavirus pandemic provoked lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders that frequently meant whole nations...
Headmaster and Benedictine Father Edwin Leahy knew he was home when he walked through the doors of St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, New...
