Francis and Clare. Even though he was the better known of the two, it was Clare who most captured my attention at my Franciscan high school. From the...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
Blessed among women, Robert Ellsberg calls her in his book of the same name. Here Emily Dickinson appears with other spiritual giants, sharing Teresa of...
Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas Merton, the...
The editors interview Jim Forest, biographer and friend of Dorothy Day–and a former Catholic Worker himself, about Dorothy Day’s abortion...
A handsome, royal-blooded Basque descendant of the Castle Navarre, St. Francis Xavier dreamed of fame and fortune and of his name being echoed with awe...
Editors’ note: Sounding Board is one person’s take on a many-sided subject and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of U.S. Catholic, its editors...
Offering Christ’s Body and Blood to fellow parishioners helps this Catholic find a fuller Communion. “The eyes have it!” Spelled a bit...
Angels are the personal manifestations of the earthbound grace of God. John Shea comments on the role of angels in the spiritual lives of people in an excerpt...
No one likes to be taken for granted. I suppose even pure spirits bristle at neglect. That’s why I’ve spent a lot of time these past few years apologizing to...
Armed with soil and seeds, Catholics in blighted cities are taking social justice into their own hands. In Camden, New Jersey a jumble of railroad tracks...
