There’s a girl of about 9 or 10 named “Clara” with whom I often share a pew at the parish where I attend daily Mass. She’s a sweet kid, tall for her age...
In the Pews
At L’Arche Noah in Seattle, it is not difficult to attract young people to live in and assist in one of the three homes for adults with disabilities. Located...
Servant of God Dorothy Day said, “Don’t call me a saint. I don’t want to be dismissed that easily,” referencing her cofounding of the Catholic Worker movement...
Chioma Onwuniko was in the first trimester of her pregnancy when a woman—who was a frequent customer at her market stall—tricked her into aiding in a...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite...
Sixty years ago, the Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) directed Catholics to read the...
This past week, a report revealed that the New Orleans Saints had aided the Archdiocese of New Orleans in damage control and cover-ups following the 2018...
One morning in June 2024, Anne Marie Brillante and teachers and students from the children’s summer catechism class walked into their parish church, St...
In autumn of 2015, I began organizing an annual wassail in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. On the Saturday after the University of Chicago’s fall quarter...
