"The next appointment," announced Father Muratori implacably, "is a certain Ms. Mary Carpenter." "Ms.?" said the archbishop...
Our Faith
Essays and reporting on theology and scripture that put our faith in the context of everyday life.
As a tour guide, Rick Steves directs travelers to hotels, restaurants, and museums in Europe, but he points them to God in the developing world. Rick Steves...
Whether it’s for some R&R, service, or education, U.S. Catholic readers say pack your bags and get going. Call them globetrotters, road-trippers...
A new generation of Catholics will seek out their place in the church in Madrid at World Youth Day 2011. The Spanish capital will undergo a rejuvenating...
A priest ponders ways to get young Catholics to confession. He was a 16-year-old Catholic high school student who entered my confessional during a school...
A group of young people in the Bronx finds that by beautifying an old eyesore, they’ve unleashed a desire to serve their community. David Shuffler walks...
It’s time to get the petroleum monkey off our backs. I recently looked around me to catalog all the things made from oil. The plastics in and of...
I shy away from many popular spiritual movements, which seem to come and go like feathers in the breeze. But Celtic spirituality is not one of these. Celtic...
I have been a Christian for 35 years, first as a Baptist and now as a Roman Catholic convert. I grew up in the Baptist church and loved its preaching, gospel...
I was doing dishes in the kitchen last week when my son Jacob came in and started unloading the dishwasher. While generally dishwasher unloading is a job that...
