Commentaries
Listen up with an open heart
The anatomy of "listening with the ears of our heart" may seem odd, but it's a wise way to communicate in a world of too much arguing and not enough listening to our brothers and sisters in charity, writes Father Thomas Dailey.
This week, see the power of Catholic higher education
Catholic colleges and universities can transform students, and through them, change the world, writes Sister Kathy Dougherty of Neumann University during Catholic Schools Week.
Red line of political divide will continue after Roe
Greg Erlandson observes that Americans' attitudes to abortion have become polarized, but overturning Roe v. Wade may join respect for life and commitment to poverty relief as a positive outcome.
Should Catholic health care survive?
Richard Doerflinger charts the attacks on Catholic hospitals on the federal and state levels, forcing the hospitals to violate their mission or close their doors -- and endangering everyone.
Compare our times of despair to ‘madness’ of late ’60s
Jesuit Father Richard Malloy finds it helps to look at other times of distress and learn how people overcame disappointment. Exhibit A: The American civil rights movement during 1966-67.
The hunger of an appetite for justice
It may be easy to buy a snack, but it's harder to live "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied," writes Sister Julia Walsh.
Blessed are those who hunger for climate justice
People in Madagascar are suffering the worst effects of climate change despite contributing so little to the problem. A CRS official working there says we must hunger for justice for them.
Hope thrives for lives born and unborn
It wasn't the first March for Life that David Savage attended, but it may have been the most hope-filled. As he marched for respect for human life he also works to uplift the dignity of all people through the Papal Foundation.
U.S. Ukrainian bishops appeal for peace in besieged homeland
In a joint statement, the Ukrainian Catholic leaders urge all Americans to pray, be informed and support relief of Ukrainians facing an escalation of hostilities they have endured by Russians since 2014.
Telling the good, and sometimes disquieting, news of the church
The church's evangelizing mission needs the gift of honest Catholic journalism because it shows the church's commitment to truth and worthiness of trust, argues an editorial on the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of communications.