We need to weed through the pros and cons of marijuana use before rushing into a decision on its legalization. Sounding Boards are one person’s take on a...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
Genetic modification has yielded major changes in the way we grow our food, but concerns are cropping up over whether a bigger harvest means a better—or...
I grew up in the arid West: the land of prairie, tumbleweed, and newly-constructed subdivisions. I remember, as a kid, noticing the paradox between public...
Some of us take for granted the most precious resource of all. Lack of water harms families not only in the Third World, but also here at home. It’s 9 a.m. in...
One university president shares tips on how to welcome and support undocumented students. My involvement with immigration reform started with one student on a...
“May God have mercy on the assassins.” Even the final words Archbishop Oscar Romero spoke as he lay dying on the altar of a small chapel in San...
Debt can become a large obstacle for students who are considering a call to religious life. A study from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at...
A veteran education reporter offers a progress report on whether our education system is meeting its obligation to teach the children well. “I started my...
The blessings of a college education often come with the curse of tens of thousands in loans. Catholic colleges are helping students get their degrees without...
One woman’s experience of incarceration exposed her to many of the issues emblematic of our country’s problems with prisons. Jenny Wagner is a former heroin...
