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...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
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...
Practical, hands-on actions are the best way for individuals and faith communities to put their faith into action, says the Michigan Catholic Rural Life...
What you put on your plate says something about the kind of person you are, says this Catholic gourmet chef and reality TV star. Kevin Gillespie comes from a...
Grace follows us around, but sometimes we have to get into the right position to receive it. In the poet Chaucer’s day—that is, 14th-century England—April came...
At about mile 22 I practically forgot the reason I was running—or at this point barely jogging—my second marathon in as many years. My feet were screaming at...
A decade after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. CATHOLIC readers share their memories, regrets, concerns, and hopes. When Mary Ellen Kelly heard that a plane...
Faith on the line in Iraq and at home “There are no atheists in foxholes,” the World War II adage goes. Certainly Catholics who have faced war in...
As Cuban refugees in Puerto Rico, my parents made it a priority in our upbringing for my brother Ignacio and me to learn Cuban history and traditions, from...
Maryann Cusimano Love knew that it was only a matter of time before terrorists would hit the United States, but it was a dead car battery that kept her out of...
