We can borrow Vincent de Paul’s tough questions about how to best help those most in need. Turn away from the new iPhone and toward your neighbor. This is the...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
The current wave of child migration really began on our side of the border. The border crisis, a pileup of humanity—including women with children and record...
Grandpa’s example speaks more eloquently than those of larger-than-life saints. A number of years ago I had a conversation with an acquaintance that has stuck...
I traveled 5,375 miles to clap. It’s not as simple as it sounds. Clapping is more than just a routine motion—it needs purpose. We clap when we’re excited or...
There are a few things in life that one should express gratitude to God for. Of course, the obvious ones are the usual: family, health, friends, inviting and...
Grandma always said, “There isn’t a pot so crooked that you can’t find a lid to fit!” I don’t ever recall my grandmother actually saying this, but when my dad...
As tensions heat up in Iraq, one underlying cause of the conflict remains overlooked. In mid-June, a lightning-fast assault by Islamist extremists bannered...
Want to see “the other America”? Just keep your eyes peeled the next time you stay in a hotel. Marta cleaned my hotel room when I attended a recent conference...
Should a librarian have any less of a right to unionize than an auto worker or a nurse? In 1981 my grandmother, a librarian, became a union organizer. The...
Africa is making headlines, but one of its gravest tragedies remains overlooked. There have been at least four major news events emerging out of Africa in...
