Catholic Voices

An invitation to leisure

Toys are strewn across the living room, the sticky remains of morning snack and lunch coat the kitchen floor, and a writing deadline looms. I take a deep...

It’s just good business

If you were raised Catholic, you could be forgiven for thinking sometimes that the best way to live your faith in the world might be through some kind of work...

The fracked up economy

For the first time in decades the United States is approaching a level of energy independence considered impossible just a few years ago. The oil and natural...

Beef is off the table

Just before the United Nations (U.N.) Climate Conference in Paris, musician Paul McCartney wrote to British Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to push...

All animals go to heaven

My favorite movie as a child was All Dogs Go to Heaven, an animated tale about a German shepherd named Charlie who is killed by his Bulldog business partner...

Church on the periphery

Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has implored the church to turn to the peripheries. Rarely have words been put into such direct action as...