In 1980, in the midst of a U.S. funded war the UN Truth Commission called genocidal, the soon-to-be-assassinated Archbishop Óscar Romero promised history that...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
On the anniversary of the assasination of Oscar Romero, use this reflection, Romero's words, and the following questions to generate discussion about...
These Lenten practices can help your spirituality to blossom this year. Have you lost track of Lent in recent years? Has it lost substance and grit? Here are a...
When you listened to some older Catholics talk about the spirituality that formed them, you hear a lot about a harsh, demanding, and rather unforgiving...
When my mother was a girl, she lost a ring that meant a lot to her. Given that she was a very devout child, she did what any right-thinking Italian American in...
Few writers of the past century have had as big an impact on so many people as Thomas Merton (1915-1968). His readers ranged from popes to high school...
Stephanie Garza, a young new leader in the church, creates leaders out of Chicago moms. The daughter of a Mexican-American mother and immigrant father...
“Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin...
Catholics ought to be loud and proud in the fight for women’s rights, argues a young feminist. I still remember the first time I heard a friend utter the...
Five minutes before my children go to bed, I am not feeling very holy. They are tired and I am exhausted. There are blue globs of toothpaste in the sink basin...
