A survey of children’s books that put a human face on the complexities of America’s past
Family Life
Posted inArts & Culture, Video
Liam Callanan, Writer
A profile of Liam Callanan, author and the 2017 recipient of The George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Excellence in Journalism, Arts & Letters.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Good nonfiction may teach us what to believe, but fiction teaches us how
Fiction moves us, engages us, finds for us truths we may not have recognized when first presented to us as fact. Fiction teaches us agility, the importance of leaping from word to meaning, and the pleasure that’s to be had in doing so.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How can the church and laity work together to promote ‘Amoris Laetitia’?
It is time for the laity to speak out and act like true disciples of Christ in spreading the joy of the Gospel.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The best evidence that God trusts us? Our newborn babies.
It is astonishing to think that God would choose to enter the world this way: as a fragile newborn who could not even hold up his own head without help.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Global meeting of Catholic families in Dublin to include outreach to L.G.B.T. people
Some church leaders in Ireland say the World Meeting of Families, to be held next year in Dublin, should be open to all kinds of families, including gay couples.
Posted inFaith, News
Listen to families on ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ bishops and theologians say
“Amoris Laetitia” has yet to resonate with many black Catholics in the United States.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Caring for the most vulnerable: undocumented women in abusive relationships
Undocumented women face special challenges when they report domestic abuse, but they now have a champion in Pope Francis
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I knew miscarriages were sad—but nothing could prepare us for the experience.
I struggle with how to think of this little being whose life outside the womb was not to be.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Yes, millennials like brunch. But that’s not why they’re skipping Mass.
Wriggly children are not the only reason my fellow millennials are missing from the pews.