Commentaries
No matter what you seek in life, keep Christ close
Jesus loves you -- remembering that and making him the Lord of your life is fundamental, writes Father John Catoir.
A martyr of our time is worth remembering
Effie Caldarola writes of the lessons from modern martyrs like the Jesuit priest killed tending his flock in Syria's ongoing civil war.
Children, abortion and the feds’ Christmas surprise
The church is helping migrant children but the federal HHS wants to guarantee them access to abortion, writes John Garvey. Are we willing to make victims suffer more in order to make abortions happen more often?
Leading from the center, not the top
In a "geometry of leadership," Jesuit Father William Byron prefers leaders standing in the center of a circle to the precarious top of a pyramid.
When commenting on service, honesty need not be brutal
Offer criticism of your customer service experience with kindness and compassion, and you make a brighter, more livable world, writes Maureen Pratt.
Practice austerity before nature makes it mandatory
Father Eugene Hemrick sees in California and Oregon two examples of living with less, and how hard it can be for people to accept change.
A code of civility for the Internet
After reading the means things people wrote about a dying woman's decision, Erick Rommel thinks online wags should disagree without being disagreeable.
Trip to Mars begins in a classroom
The history of flight and its future into space wouldn't be possible without teenagers learning from those dreamers who went before, writes Karen Osborne.
Listen to the cries of the poor — and act
More than 45 million people in the U.S. live below the poverty line. An editorial argues that fighting poverty, in all its complexities, requires us to protect human life and dignity.
One-child families may change society
In a world in which birthrates are falling and one child becomes the family norm, John Garvey wonders what will happen to brother love and sisterly affection.