Of Many Things
Another priest has been murdered in El Salvador. But there is still reason for hope.
An ambitious computer training program for at-risk youth seeks to be an engine for building a middle class for El Salvador.
Letters
Letters to the Editor: September
Letters on discerning out of religious life, Julian of Norwich and Catholic schools in the time of coronavirus.
Editorials
The Editors: In our divided nation, Christians can be models of unity
The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.
Short Take
It’s time to rethink the Electoral College
The framers of the Constitution saw the Electoral College as a decision-making body, writes John D. Feerick of Fordham Law School. But the one-person, one-vote principle is better suited to modern democracy.
Dispatches
Without quick action, Covid-19 will create a global hunger crisis by the end of 2020
Women, children, elderly people, Indigenous populations and migrants will be among those suffering the most.
Child prostitution in Zimbabwe spikes amid two other crises: Covid-19 and hunger
There are more young girls selling their bodies as Zimbabwe’s economic difficulties continue, in a broad collapse now exacerbated by the pandemic. The city is experiencing a spike in social vices like child prostitution and domestic violence.
Latin American church finances devastated by Covid-19
National churches that face the most difficulties are in those countries that already had serious economic problems before the pandemic started.
GoodNews
Guatemala teacher pedals classroom to students during coronavirus pandemic
A teacher in Guatemala relies on his bicycle to be his transportation and his classroom. Each day he pedals among the cornfields of Santa Cruz del Quiché to give individual instruction to his sixth-grade students.
Features
Can we make retreats better? How modern Catholics are reinventing an ancient tradition.
These modern retreat centers are helping people grow closer to God.
‘The Melting Pot’ is an outdated image of America. We need a new metaphor to define the nation.
What kind of people will we be, not only at the end of the Covid-19 storm but throughout the journey?
Faith and Reason
The government can’t intervene, so how should Catholics solve employment disputes?
The ministerial exception gives Catholics the freedom to self-govern—not an excuse for discrimination
Archbishop Lori: How church teaching can help explain why ‘Black Lives Matter’
“Black Lives Matter” should resonate with all who embrace the principles of Catholic social teaching, beginning with the dignity of the human person, writes William E. Lori, the archbishop of Baltimore.
Faith in Focus
Covid-19 in the land where Jesus walked
During Jerusalem’s lockdown, my family saw the Holy Land—and each other—with new eyes.
Ideas
Why ‘feeling right’ on race is not—and has never been—enough
In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.
Books
Review: A meditation on dementia and loss
Drawing on her years as a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, Lynn Casteel Harper asks the reader to reconsider much of the stigma—and terminology—that we place on people diagnosed with dementia.
Review: A book that will challenge your views about affirmative action
In his new book, Melvin Urofsky, an emeritus professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of numerous books, details the critical issues around affirmative action in the United States.
Review: A military veteran’s critical (and empathetic) account of the War on Terror
Erik Edstrom, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, tries to explain what our recent wars have meant to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Bud Selig, baseball and leading with integrity
The behind-the-scenes story of Bud Selig’s tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Review: A refugee’s big-hearted tale of building an American identity
This story of a Vietnamese immigrant growing up in the United States is constructed as a series of meditations on the lessons from great books that moved and instructed him.
Poetry
Luke
This is total upheaval, the world upside-down./ How sweet and free to be told love is ours.
Heaven Help
It rains and rains and rains and rains and the children cannot sleep.
The Word
The Gospel calls us to promote love and justice.
In today’s reading, the entire community is given authority to hold its members to account and rectify wrongful acts.
What the Gospel can teach us about asking for help
This problematic parable teaches the importance of mercy, asking for help and granting relief to those in need.
The Gospel of Matthew reminds us that just wages are a pro-life issue
The parable reminds us that just labor practices are a pro-life issue that should be considered as we discern our election choices.
Transformation is possible when you’re open to the Gospel message
Actions reveal character and intention more than words do.
Last Take
Sister Helen Prejean: Stop the federal killings
What is the moral imperative behind the government’s urgency to hasten the death of its citizens?
Faith
Can we make retreats better? How modern Catholics are reinventing an ancient tradition.
These modern retreat centers are helping people grow closer to God.
‘The Melting Pot’ is an outdated image of America. We need a new metaphor to define the nation.
What kind of people will we be, not only at the end of the Covid-19 storm but throughout the journey?
Another priest has been murdered in El Salvador. But there is still reason for hope.
An ambitious computer training program for at-risk youth seeks to be an engine for building a middle class for El Salvador.
The Gospel calls us to promote love and justice.
In today’s reading, the entire community is given authority to hold its members to account and rectify wrongful acts.
What the Gospel can teach us about asking for help
This problematic parable teaches the importance of mercy, asking for help and granting relief to those in need.
The Gospel of Matthew reminds us that just wages are a pro-life issue
The parable reminds us that just labor practices are a pro-life issue that should be considered as we discern our election choices.
Transformation is possible when you’re open to the Gospel message
Actions reveal character and intention more than words do.
Covid-19 in the land where Jesus walked
During Jerusalem’s lockdown, my family saw the Holy Land—and each other—with new eyes.
The government can’t intervene, so how should Catholics solve employment disputes?
The ministerial exception gives Catholics the freedom to self-govern—not an excuse for discrimination
Archbishop Lori: How church teaching can help explain why ‘Black Lives Matter’
“Black Lives Matter” should resonate with all who embrace the principles of Catholic social teaching, beginning with the dignity of the human person, writes William E. Lori, the archbishop of Baltimore.
Magazine
Letters to the Editor: September
Letters on discerning out of religious life, Julian of Norwich and Catholic schools in the time of coronavirus.
Politics
Faith
Culture
Vatican
Scripture
Podcasts