Commentaries
Chance remains to stop rush toward a new war
As St. John Paul II warned of war in Iraq in 2003, so Pope Francis does now in Ukraine, observes Greg Erlandson. In the world powers' drive for self-interest, war must be the last option.
How laws, natural and divine, guide us toward the good
Natural law helps us identify good things, and divine law helps us choose them. This is how the Gospel law frees us in our journey to holiness, writes Father Eric Banecker in his series on Catholic moral theology.
Today’s lessons from ancient Monte Cassino
Effie Caldarola recalls the World War II bombing raid that reduced one of the world's most important monasteries to rubble. But the Benedictine rule and a renewed cautionary tale of war remain.
U.S. Black Catholic nuns are overlooked desegregation pioneers
Shannen Dee Williams tells of the mid-20th century work of groundbreaking professor and religious, Sister Frances Millicent Douglass, and the urgency of truth-telling in schools.
Our role as peacemakers in the world
Effie Caldarola can spot peacemakers because they are listeners, people of positive attitudes, people who see a problem and try to solve it with humanity and love.
What makes a peacemaker?
Peacemaking is active, sacrificial and sacramental, which means working for justice and reconciliation often outside our comfort zone, writes Nigerian American Ogechi Akalegbere.
Clean of heart: Turning back to God
Can't find those sunglasses until you realize they're sitting on your head? Father Cassidy Stinson knows the feeling, and sees a parallel to rediscovering Jesus' gaze of mercy.
The blessing of coming clean with God
Maureen Pratt reflects on the beatitude that, inspired by faith and with humble singleness of heart, we can take heart -- a pure heart -- and one day, see God.
The Splendor of Truth: How to live by learning from God
People have the freedom to avoid evil and do good, and by walking with God we learn how to live rightly in the world, writes Father Eric Banecker in the first of his series on Catholic moral theology.
Partners in service generate hope for many
Sarah Hanley tells how the partnership of the Catholic Foundation and the Catholic Charities Appeal is the source of help to hundreds of thousands in the Philadelphia region each year.