Pope Benedict kept us guessing—especially on matters of social justice. Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to become the first pope since Celestine V in 1294 to...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
Pope Benedict’s final act may be one of his best gifts to the church. So were you shocked, just shocked, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned back in February...
The religious landscape is shifting. Don’t hunker down—get creative. It was a story that could have appeared in any city newspaper: Historic old church faces...
Our best shot at protecting the common good isn’t to keep loading up on guns. A few weeks before Adam Lanza began his shooting rampage among children in...
We can’t afford to lose our children to the ravages of war. Surely the hardest faces to look upon during armed conflict are those of terrified or wounded...
Of all the body parts I didn’t expect my busted knee to affect, it was my eyes. But I’m here to tell you that the first thing that changes when you’re hobbling...
When tragedy hits, think twice before claiming what God intended. Of the many issues that drove last November’s election, few might have guessed that “God’s...
We were called Immaculata. We were called Concepta. We were called Chrysostom, Eusebius, and Stanislaus, after a Polish boy-saint. We were called Bernard...
Can an ambassador’s death be the seed of a better future? The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. So what happens when the martyr whose blood is...
Moving a bishop should be more than an ecclesiastical game of chess. Climbing the corporate ladder in our business-driven culture is generally applauded. Who...
