OP/ED

A dad mourns in ordinary time

He was in his mid-eighties, the age at which ...

On Groff v DeJoy: Do we still want our Sabbath rest?

Both the extent and the limitations of the ...


When most Hispanics were Catholic…

The trend is clear. As the Hispanic population grows quickly and steadily in the United States ...

Earthquake: Cries of joy, tears of wonder emerge from the rubble

If a normal picture is worth 1,000 words, ...

Training vs. temperance: Getting to the 'heart' of the matter

I spent a career as a law-enforcement officer. 

Terrible unity: Tyre Nichols cries out and the nation hears

“Mama!” “Mom!” “Ma!” The call... the voices – they come like distant echoes

The news that never should have happened in 2022

One year ago, 2022 was shaping up to be a hinge year. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

No place for hate in the Catholic faith

We are living in strange times.  Just as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior...

COP27 and climate justice – all must work to save our common home

Richer countries must see problems faced by poorer countries as their own problems, not someone else's.

At 83, Marianite sister, freed by captors, inspires with courage and strength

It takes a special kind of person to become a missionary, to leave the familiarity

Why religious freedom in China should matter to Catholic Americans

Responding to editors' requests for a regular sampling of current commentary from around the Catholic press

The Risks of a Depopulated Future

I remember when people thought overpopulation would destroy us and the planet. 

We are only just beginning to make abortion unthinkable

Amid the sea of signs carried at the many rallies following ...

Pray with intention to act in the wake of shootings

After an all-too-common massacre is visited upon a community in this nation of ours, such as the one perpetrated on the city of Uvalde, Texas, May 24, or the shootings earlier in May at a California church and a grocery store in Buffalo, we offer our thoughts and prayers.


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