I had hoped she would want to be confirmed, but I also know that this step in her faith journey is not about me.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Michael SImone, S.J.

A Reflection for the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, by Delaney Coyne

Do Catholic hospitals have to choose between mission and the market?

I would argue for two axioms. First, Christian mission induces migration, and, conversely, migration fulfills Christian mission. Second, there is a reciprocal cause-and-effect relationship between Christian mission and migration.

Of the many things that the history of eugenics should teach modern society, two stand out. First, not all questions are good questions. Second, statistics can be warped to tell you pretty much anything you want.

In "All the Kingdoms of the World¸" Kevin Vallier engages with Catholic integralists, but he opens a bigger question: Is there such a thing as a Catholic politics?

The examen carved a space between me and the compulsion, just enough to breathe, to think and to make a deliberate choice.

What surviving cancer—for now—taught me about life.

No just law can stop solidarity at the arbitrary line of a border, nor can a just government require the church to condition the works of mercy on the immigration status of those in need.