Commentaries
Show you’re a Catholic school grad and appear a fool — for Christ
Even as this year's graduates take off their caps and gowns, they are called always to be witnesses to Christ through their personal example despite pressures to fit in with society, writes Father Joseph Bongard.
Honor the fathers who keep life’s rhythms of duty and joy
Dads are more than the lowbrow stereotypes of greeting cards. Today's fathers are deeply involved in raising children and navigating the demands of work and home with love, writes Laura Kelly Fanucci.
In a world of us vs. them, Catholics can show the way to dignity
A young Navy officer knows the beauty of respectful dialogue and dignified disagreement, and thinks young people in the church can become the voice of dignity wherever it is called into question.
Church scores with insight that sport is more than just a game
Father Thomas Dailey runs through a new Vatican document on the human value of sports. Given its huge global and cultural impact, sport is a field rich with potential to become an instrument of encounter and holiness.
Tenuous freedoms totter like a wedding cake iced with irony
When the Supreme Court ruled to protect a baker's refusal to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, their ruling revealed logic that offers those who believe in traditional marriage as much constitutional protection as racists and pornographers -- if that.
First-time parents find it much harder than they imagined
Deacon Paul and Helen McBlain offer sage advice for a young couple at their wits' end over the challenges of raising their newborn daughter. Believe it or not, this early period will actually strengthen the couple's bond.
A Father’s Day parable: The prodigal son who returns, or never leaves
Moises Sandoval reflects how fatherhood is the gift that keeps on giving even after kids become adults. While the flag of welcome should always fly at home, some sons and daughters refuse to move out.
Step up with tough love for one who needs it
Father Eugene Hemrick advises us to help others by correcting them, when necessary, with love and courage. When we have received correction it no doubt hurt but we can truthfully reflect and say, "I needed that."
The poor benefit from the power of religiously inspired beauty
People in poverty are not surrounded by museums and life's fineries. Their homes are modest, along with their churches. But people need awe and beauty to see a way forward past the daily grind.
Catholic investing challenges us to examine our financial management
Our faith demands that our portfolios honor God, writes Carolyn Woo. Catholic social teaching expresses a preferential option for the poor and powerless that we can exercise through compassionate economic decisions.