Commentaries
Mother and child in the Hispanic Catholic imagination
May is a beautiful month to be Catholic, writes Hosffman Ospino. That's because Mary, leading everyone to Jesus, is the focus of processions and devotions throughout the Americas.
Religious freedom 2.0: An executive order short on orders
The president's latest executive order, does not do what some hoped and others feared, but it does some good, writes Richard Doerflinger. It should be welcomed as a good start, but more is needed.
Fears — pick one, or many — are gripping everyone today
In a time when people fear deportation just for having brown skin, fear their health care may be in jeopardy and fear outbreak of nuclear war, facts have become a casualty, writes Moises Sandoval. Prayer is the only option.
High-energy daughter is wearing out Mom and Dad
Deacon Paul and Helen McBlain advise what a couple can do to direct their very active 5 year old, and what they might do differently as a family to involve all the children.
Many American moms are single, but they’re not alone
Social programs to assist single mothers strike Carolyn Woo as offering a sense of worth because someone believed in them, invested in them and helped them make a better life for their children.
‘Amid the Fray’: Dispatches from the front
New columnist Greg Erlandson isn't writing about war but about the conflicts on our lives. He'll comment on the doubts, temptations and politics with which we all struggle, in private and in public.
Lifting HHS mandate begins with Trump’s new order
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Catholic bishops, praised the new executive order that "begins the process of alleviating the serious burden" of the contraceptive mandate.
Coptic priest’s message to terrorists: Thank you, and we love you
Father Boules George, commenting on the Palm Sunday bombings of churches in Egypt, thanks the killers for speeding their victims to heaven, and for filling churches in a way parish invitations never could.
‘Star Wars’ as a path to God? St. Paul might approve
On this March 4th, a Presbyterian minister and lifelong Star Wars fan argues Paul was onto something in his approach to the ancient Athenians. A movie isn't a bad way to talk about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Young people want to live ‘In Light of Faith’
In the spirit of the coming Synod of Bishops looking at issues faced by youths, two Catholic young adults are launching a platform to hear the voices of young people. You can join the conversation.