Commentaries
This holiday season, remember it’s not about you
Last year's holiday restrictions give perspective for making this year a delight, not a disaster, at the holiday table. Laura Kelly Fanucci's own family tragedy leads her to the wisdom that the more mercy we bring to the table for others, the more we will find for ourselves.
At baptism, you were sent on a mission — meet your co-workers
Meghan Cokeley, director of the archdiocesan Office for the New Evangelization, introduces Paola Herrera as the new associate director, and explains the mission of all baptized Catholics to share their love of Jesus and zeal for his saving work.
Halloween, All Saints’ and All Souls’ point to ‘thin places’
It's the time of year when the veil separating this world with the next seems porous, writes Effie Caldarola, who on a chilly autumn walk considers the holy ones in her life.
Just how partisan is the Supreme Court?
Among the issues of a too-conservative or too-liberal court faces, abortion is the 800-pound gorilla in the room, writes Richard Doerflinger. He traces its legal, and partisan, fault lines.
The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate
Sister Karen Donahue gets angry when lawmakers denigrate low- and middle-income Americans as “moochers,” while proposed spending on social programs would cost half, at most, of the $7.7 trillion in military spending over a decade.
My 32 years of ministering to the ‘good children’
Father Dennis Weber reflects on the privilege of his ministry to persons with intellectual disabilities at Don Guanella and Divine Providence Village. He finds people with Down syndrome are very happy, even as they are becoming victims of a new genocide.
Lessons from a COVID-19 infection
Greg Erlandson's breakthrough COVID infection, now that he is better, has him grateful for the kindness of his wife and friends while quarantined. But he is haunted by 700,000 deaths in the U.S., and those who are still dying unnecessarily.
Knowing when it’s time to pivot
Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger believed birth control was "the pivot of civilization," preventing the "human waste" of the "unfit" from burdening society. After decades of contraception and abortion, we must turn back to the author of life, writes Gina Christian.
Synod calls us to listen to the Holy Spirit, and one another
The archdiocese, along with all other local Catholic communities in the world, is beginning a period of listening -- to one another and to the Holy Spirit -- writes editor Matthew Gambino. It will take courage both to share our journey of faith, and to listen to people on the margins.
Now boarding: Sidetracked by COVID, teen finds purpose on life’s train
For St. Hubert High School senior Jadzia Santiago, time stood still when school was shut for the coronavirus last year. It was a difficult time, but she realized that God has a plan for everyone like a train journey, and she can help others find a window seat.