It's a safe bet that Sister Rose Pacatte watches more TV and movies than you do. She even has TiVo, which only seriously addicted TV watchers will admit to...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
You've heard of the "overscheduled child," no doubt. Family therpist William Doherty is one of the people you can thank for putting a name to...
Are full family schedules masking emptiness of spirit? A Catholic ethicist and suburban mom challenges families to make time for the really important stuff...
It’s OK if you don’t like beets. There’s a dish for every taste on the Catholic table. Jesus must have enjoyed eating. If his opponents...
For more than a decade, stories in the media have highlighted the problem of clergy sexual abuse of minors. Much of the recent focus has been on Europe, though...
Thirty years after her death, Dorothy Day’s letters and diaries reveal an ordinary but committed woman trying to put love where there was none. There is...
My path to the priesthood, as with all priests in the United States, involved many years of higher education. I earned two degrees from the University of Notre...
Daniel Sulmasy discusses preparing your family for how to respond to a health crisis when you can't. What kind of advance directives do you recommend? I...
The debate about death with dignity needs the wisdom of the Catholic spiritual tradition, says this physician and bioethicist. If you’ve never had to...
Politics as usual doesn't inspire hope for one Catholic grandfather. Candidates ought to answer the tough questions about who they are, he says. On...
