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donald trump stands in front of a pro life sign speaking at the march for life in 2020
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pushed back against a statement by Donald Trump, saying instead that “Life is a matter of human rights, not states’ rights.”
FaithScripture Reflections
Ashley McKinless
A Reflection for the Friday of the Second Week of Easter by Ashley McKinless
The Rev. Luis Melquiades Suazo, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua parish in the nearby municipality of San Antonio del Norte, visits Mercedes De Oriente.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
Subsistence farmers affected by drought will have to make it to the United States to feed their families and save their farms or cattle. Their departure leaves a gaping hole in families and the community.
Capitol building in red and blue
FaithYour Take
Our readers
Readers respond to Father Sam Sawyer's article about how St. Ignatius' ideas could offer a way out of current ecclesial, cultural and political polarization.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Alfonso Sasieta
Rewrite God’s poems until the mob in us froths at the mouth.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Josh Dugat
What is it you cannot stand to live with any longer? Toss it in
FaithFaith and Reason
Aaron Pidel
When we speak of the 'hierarchy of truths' in Catholic theology, we need to remember that we are teaching both the essentials—and the entirety—of the faith.
Arts & CultureBooks
John-Paul Heil
In his new book, 'The Need to Be Whole,' Wendell Berry strives to give a glimpse of the undivided foundation that underpins all he has ever tried to think and say.
Arts & CultureBooks
Isaac Fitzgerald’s collection of essays Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional isn’t a Catholic memoir. Except when it is.
Arts & CultureBooks
Todd C. Ream
The central concern of the Rev. James Heft in his new book is not only how “to preserve the continuity of the Catholic intellectual tradition, but also recognize how it might be adapted.”
Arts & CultureBooks
Diane Scharper
Shehan Karunatilaka's new novel echoes elements of several all-time classics, including 'The Divine Comedy,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and almost everything by Kurt Vonnegut, whose voice and vision can be felt throughout.
Arts & CultureBooks
James T. Keane
In 'Our Hearts Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir,' Richard Lischer explores classics of "an intimate genre, perhaps the most intimate.”
A smiling Willie Nelson playing his guitar Trigger at a recent concert.
Arts & CultureMusic
Kaya Oakes
Willie Nelson might not be the first person who comes to mind when you think of a “Christian musician.” But he has long talked about his admiration for the teachings of Jesus.
candles sit in front of a stained glass window with light streaming through it
FaithFaith in Focus
Paul Ginnetty
We ended the day of my mother’s funeral looking forward to the new life ahead of us. No better tribute could be offered to such a selfless and sacrificial woman.
Teen girl sits alone in a church looking through a stained glass window
FaithFaith in Focus
Sherry Antonetti
I hope their belief will deepen. And I hope that my fellow Catholics in the pews will demonstrate that the wider church wants them there too.
a student from kolbe academy stands at the front door of the school which has a sign with the school's name on it
FaithFeatures
John W. Miller
Kolbe Academy in Bath, Pa., was the only Catholic recovery school in the United States. It is closing its doors because it could not find enough students like Pete, who said he had hit rock bottom and wanted to get sober.
Does this guy’s job description make more sense than that of the U.S. president? Britain's King Charles III meets members of the Westend Gospel Choir on Nov. 2, 2022. (Isabel Infantes/Pool via AP, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
At one time, the British king and U.S. president had similar roles in their nations. But the British system evolved while the United States still has a president that is too powerful and too difficult to remove.
a scanned image from a newspaper with kids on bikes. father james martin is in the photo as a child
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
The first Earth Day aligned people of all political stripes and cultural backgrounds, because who wouldn't want to conserve the environment and stop air pollution?
Children from The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville, Tenn., hold hands as they are taken to a reunification site at the Woodmont Baptist Church after a deadly shooting at their school on Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Kevin Hargaden
I was a teenager at the time of the Columbine High School shooting. No one could mistake suburban Dublin for anyone’s utopia, but even then my friends and I could recognize that we might as well live in a different galaxy.
The exterior of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome is seen in this file photo from the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi.
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
A “breakdown in communication” led to permission being given to a group of Anglican clergy to celebrate the Eucharist in Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran.