Lent is a time to rid ourselves of habits that are doing little good, or even causing harm, to ourselves and others, and to replace them with habits that are...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
An important lesson that I learned about Lent actually came from a Jewish friend. While working at Purdue University, I served under Dr. Robert Ringel, a...
Employers are falling down on the job when it comes to ensuring worker safety. In November Pope Francis raised eyebrows and generated headlines when he...
Peace activist John Dear’s departure from the Jesuits calls to mind our need for modern prophets. On a recent trip from Chicago to Charlotte, North Carolina, I...
“The heavens proclaim the glory of God,” writes the psalmist. As an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, I get to enjoy those proclamations on a daily...
As the bee population declines, we can either listen to the buzz or feel the sting. For years scientists have been puzzling over a vast die-off of bees in the...
The young woman shared her difficult history, her crippling grief. Then she asked, “So what’s a chaplain again?” Hospitals, especially hospital emergency...
Why must a woman be seen as someone’s mother or sister to deserve respect and safety on a street in India—or anywhere? When I was 13 years old, a man in a...
When I was in graduate school studying theology, I started a blog. Frustrated with the monotony of studying all day, I needed something to break up the hours...
Pope Francis recently said that he wants bishops who are pastoral, not ideological—in tune with their people, “shepherds living with the smell of the sheep.”...
