And [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became bright as light.” (Matthew 17:2) Three gospels—Matthew, Mark...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
“No Irish need apply.” An arrogant Illinois historian once forcefully argued that this phrase—and the experience it represented—was a historical hoax, calling...
The world is facing record-breaking temperatures year after year, and an increase in climate-related catastrophes. Since scientists have made it abundantly...
As the current Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts government aid, I have been reflecting on what social conscience requires of us as Catholics...
Pope Francis was famously not a fan of judging other people, at least not on the individual level. Over the 12-plus years of his pontificate, however, there...
“All the Christian faithful and people of good will are called upon to consider the legitimacy of norms and public policies in the light of the dignity of the...
Imagine this: Your beloved family member says goodbye to go to work. On his way, he is stopped by people who look like civilians but have their faces covered...
Former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama were hardly slouches when it came to deporting people who had entered the United States without documentation...
Despite the level of unease in El Paso, Texas, as U.S. Army tanks remain stationed on the Borderland hillsides, public land has been turned into militarized...
