A group of Christians gathers at the Nevada test site to witness against the folly of nuclear weapons. In their prayers, before some of them are arrested, they...
Religion
Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.
Sister Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M. wants to know why among the hundreds of images of God in the Bible—God as mother, father, friend, sower, baker, lamb, gate...
By Dan Mintie This article appeared in the October 1984 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 49, No. 10, page 6-12). Ruth, 67-year-old pre-Vatican II daughter of the...
Carl Sagan has been described as America’s “most effective salesman of science.” A colleague at Cornell University, where Sagan is professor of astronomy and...
Nearly every human being has experienced at least one intensely significant moment in life. The relative infrequency and the fleeting nature of these moments...
This article appeared in the September 1968 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 34, No. 5, pages 21-24). An interview with theologian Mary Daly Dr. Mary Daly is a...