My phone pinged with an email from my colleague, Dennis Coyle. He was away from the university, giving some lectures in France. The email he sent was from...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
The poignancy of the moment was emotional. At the White House last Thursday, with a painting of Daniel Webster looking over my shoulder and a bust of Thomas...
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) was named Speaker of the House of Representatives last week, following the resignation of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who struggled with...
Looking back at all the debates that took place before, during, and after the Synod on the Family, the most serious and most common misrepresentation of...
Nobody is talking about it, but the Democratic Party is in dire straits—really dire straits. Its future depends on a sweeping reorientation, both toward its...
If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out! It is better, we are told, to live blind and...
Pope Francis calls human trafficking “a crime against humanity.” In his December 2014 Declaration on the International Day for the Abolition of...
My dad died in 2008. He joined the National Rifle Association (NRA) when he came home from Korea and was a member for the rest of his life. Dear Dad, I’ve...
Father Paul Keller, C.M.F. is a new online columnist for U.S. Catholic. His column, Smells like sheep, focuses on the places where pastoral ministry, public...
Pope Francis has challenged Catholics with the Gospel’s call to engage the world from the perspective of those at the bottom and on the margins. He invites us...
