Catholic Voices

First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.

The Mass is a genius . . .

The Mass is a genius, and I’ll tell you why. Because each and every Mass celebrated over the course of many centuries in many lands under every conceivable...

Not-so-special delivery

Sometimes the toxic waste is not just in babies' diapers. The samples reviewed by the researchers at the Washington based Environmental Working Group...

Our sisters’ keeper

A recent United Nations report offers a sobering assessment on the condition of women.   "WOMAN'S WORKS IS NEVER DONE" is an adage that is...

My greatest hope

Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B. on the church in the world People all over this globe, with all their racial and cultural differences, have to learn to...

Prenatal testing

The preselection technology that will advance the future's construction of the perfect child already exists. Prefertilization genetic screening and...

We can be better than bitter

Rome is an amazing city. I lived there as a college student years ago. I was just 20 at the time, and it was an eye-opening experience for a kid who'd led...

They can do it

Third World women could be the new recruits in the global war on poverty.   Since commodities first changed hands for cash, the women...

Lean into Lent

I’m coming to believe that the ultimate goal of this conversion is not to muscle our way to changed behaviors, but rather to loosen up enough to change...