It is some comfort to recall that Catholics have already survived many difficult periods like our own.
Rachel Lu
Rachel Lu is a senior editor at Law & Liberty and a regular contributor to the National Review. She lives in St. Paul, Minn.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Why did Christ choose a fisherman?
Jesus called his followers to be fishers of men. We can understand this better if we consider what it takes to be a fisher of fish.
Posted inFaith, Features
Citizenship is facing an existential crisis. Can political theology help?
In a troubled time in our nation’s history, can we unite around shared commitments to freedom, human dignity and truth?
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Quarantine and Zoom lessons have taught me the value of in-person Catholic schools
Her five sons are keeping up with the curricula at home, writes Rachel Lu, but there is something missing: The energy and sense of purpose of a complete Christian community.
Posted inFaith, Features
What Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish can teach us about American Catholicism
What has football contributed to American Catholicism? What has Catholicism contributed to American football? For Catholics, it is particularly worth revisiting Notre Dame’s unique story.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After new abortion laws, what the pro-life movement needs to learn from children’s hospitals
Babies are experts at instructing us in the preciousness of human life. Our advocacy for the unborn will be most effective when we allow it make us more compassionate and more humane.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How a racist fan letter forced me to reckon with our nation’s history of prejudice
Like most public writers, I was used to getting notes that were crude, crazy or even mildly threatening. Normally, I would say a quick prayer for these obviously troubled people and get on with my day. This time it felt different, precisely because the author wasn’t insulting or obviously deranged.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Can Catholic social teaching help solve the labor crisis?
We need an economy that enables people to apply their energies to meaningful work that advances the common good.