By Robert T. Reilly This article appeared in the June 1985 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 50, No. 6, pages 6-12). Eddie Deleon tells a good joke about prayer...
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Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
On a Friday afternoon in late April, we entered the bustling hallways of New York’s St. Aloysius School in Harlem. Children were pouring out of the doorways...
I was recently asked whether Catholic schools are morally obliged to require vaccination. My answer is a resounding “Yes.” Catholic and, indeed, all Christian...
All of us are pushed in a thousand directions over the course of a single day. Spouses, children, parents, work, friends—it can be hard to find the time for...
When I walked into the L’Arche home six years ago, I saw the reproduction of Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” on the wall. L’Arche is an...
By Ann LeBlanc I’m not a good Catholic. I can be arrogant, intolerant, and self-centered. I’m judgmental, I swear, and I can (and do) say perfectly horrible...
As Ebola patients began to die in Africa last summer, it was not difficult for me to revisit the memory of my first AIDS patient. His death hurled me into an...
I once found great comfort in the black-and-white world of apologetics. The Catechism of the Catholic Church provided the answers to all of my questions...
Recently, I received some free life advice at Starbucks, courtesy of the horoscopes baristas had clipped from the newspaper and taped to the back of the...
Shaela Evenson was about to begin her ninth year teaching at Butte Central Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Helena, Montana when she became pregnant with her...
