In the wake of a harsh new immigration law, the popular devotions of a small Alabama parish mirror the new fears and hardships of its members. Last December’s...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
How one community struggles with the Boy Scouts' anti-gay policies. Last fall, when he put on his scout uniform for the first time after the summer break...
As church leaders turn up the volume on same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian Catholics find themselves wondering just where they stand in their church. On a...
New state laws and the failure of immigration reform are taking a heavy toll on children and families. Carlos Rodriguez has been receiving letters and...
Want to know more about new state immigration laws? We’ve done the research. In the following states, immigration legislation has been proposed to: ALABAMA –...
People who think of “liberation theology” as a 1960s fad should get to know Fordham University Professor Michael Lee, one of a new generation of...
The history of African American Catholicism began with the arrival of the Spanish settlers in the 16th century in Florida. In fact, on the first page of the...
We don’t normally publish the feedback from our Reader Surveys online, out of respect for the privacy of respondents (name and city are included in this...
U.S. Catholic readers provide a progress report on Barack Obama’s first term in office. Since Day 1 of his presidency, Barack Obama has had a rocky...
With a common commitment, Catholics could make the death penalty a thing of the past. The first time I felt certain of my opposition to the death penalty was...
