Forty years ago, I was asked to consider a Plowshares action. My measured response was that I would, but I would need three months to pray on it. A Plowshares...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
On April 15, 2023, Suzan Kuku was having breakfast at home in Omdurman, Khartoum, when news broke of a war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
The American Lung Association (ALA) in April released its annual report card assessing the air that we breathe and found much to be concerned about. The ALA...
When Charles Carroll became the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776, he was one of only about 30,000 Catholics in the 13 colonies. At...
A video of an Easter luncheon at the White House caught President Donald Trump in a hot mic moment when he told guests that it wasn’t the federal government’s...
For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics...
At Pulse nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016, a gunman attacked the crowd, murdering 49 people and injuring dozens more. This month, as we mark 10 years...
The first time I heard the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” by Irish new wave band The Boomtown Rats, it was during an episode of The West Wing. The song is about a...
In May 2025, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV greeted the world with the words of the resurrected Jesus: “Peace be with you all!” Addressing “all people...
