In 1979 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a pastoral letter on racism entitled “Brothers and Sisters to Us.” It was significant...
In the Pews
Stories of real-life Catholics living out their faith, with reporting on parishes, ministries, and vocation.
Last fall, our son and the rest of his second grade class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Fort Wayne, Indiana started preparing for their first communion. First...
Catholic parishes and dioceses in the United States face a financial scandal: Embezzlement occurs at an alarming frequency. In 2007 my Villanova University...
We move around a lot. Academics are sort of like military families in that way. Since our marriage began in 2008, my husband and I have attended six Catholic...
During the oral arguments in the Supreme Court’s 2015 case dealing with the legal recognition of same-sex marriages, an exchange between Justice Samuel Alito...
No Catholic wants to see parishes and schools close. Learning that the Catholic school you attended is teaching its last class of students, or that the parish...
A few weeks before my husband and I started a Catholic marriage prep program—what most people refer to as Pre-Cana—I started chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s...
When I started doing research for the essay I wrote in the May 2016 issue of U.S. Catholic, I was surprised to find out that the church never issued an edict...
On January 21st of this year, the Vatican announced a change to the Roman Missal, per the request of Pope Francis, that women would no longer officially be...
In 1950s New Haven, Connecticut, the streets of the Oak Street neighborhood are filled with the fragrant smell of tomato sauce. Church bells ring, calling...
