The oldest deck of tarot cards belonged to Italian cardinal Ascanio Sforza. In its earliest incarnation, tarot, or tarocchi, was an Italian card game popular...
Our Faith
It’s jarring to read lines in the gospel where Jesus tells his disciples they might have to hate their families to follow him (Luke 14:26). This is one of...
It is nearly dawn. The sun has only barely begun to peak its head above the smokestacks and factory rooftops that fill the city skyline. The year is 1898. You...
Unlike most other parents, I don’t dread the beginning of the school year because of the kid-related stress (though it definitely contributes to the anxiety of...
Ryan Stollar is an author and cofounder of Homeschoolers Anonymous. “I grew up with a version of Christianity, God, and the Bible that was, in my experience...
My mom told me about an occasion when a devout evangelical woman first saw the religious images sprinkled about our home. “These are idols!” my mom’s friend...
“Just offer it up!” It’s a typical Catholic response to children’s complaints. Bored during Mass? Offer it up to Jesus. Teacher yelled at you? Offer it up...
Growing up, Rozella Apel-Hernández had dozens of nonbiological aunts and uncles. Apel-Hernández, now 24, was born and raised at Beatitude House Catholic Worker...
Virtually every time LGBTQ+ people get mentioned by church leaders or in church documents, there’s some kind of scriptural reference used to justify a position...
