Away from the rhetoric in Washington, communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are welcoming the stranger and overcoming physical barriers.
Features
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
Martin Luther King Jr. and the dignity of the Black Lives Matter network
To recognize the specific rights of disadvantaged people is to affirm God’s love for all people.
Posted inFaith, Features
The remarkable life of the Easter lily and the farmers who make it happen
The Easter lily has its own remarkable story of persistence.
Posted inFaith, Features
How one Catholic ministry is helping families deal with the devastating aftermath of suicide
One of the first questions survivors of suicide victims face is what to tell others about their loved one’s death.
Posted inFaith, Features
Who will be the next Billy Graham?
People have been asking this question for decades.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Why increased enrollment of Latino students in Catholic schools benefits both schools and students
Of the estimated 14.5 million school-age Catholic children in the U.S., about or 55 percent are Latino. Yet 4 percent of school-age Latino Catholic children are enrolled in Catholic schools.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
The uncertain future of Catholic Ireland
The numbers augur an uncertain future for the Catholic Church in Ireland, long a place where Catholicism seemed sure of deep roots and high adherence to practice and tradition.
Posted inFaith, Features
To save America’s soul, we need an ecumenism of love
As Christians, our goal in life is to stop living like the security-minded goats we find in Matthew 25 and instead become like the extravagant sheep who give food to hungry people, water to anyone who thirsts and, of course, welcome to strangers.
Posted inFaith, Features
Five Years of Francis: The Keys to His Papacy
Francis may well rank among the most consequential popes in the long and colorful history of the papacy.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How Billy Graham shaped American Catholicism
Remembering Billy Graham’s relationships with presidents, priests and popes.