Some people might wonder how I felt so connected to others from afar, but there are many ways that I connected with my parish, and I really felt like I belonged.
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Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
Dorothy Day’s obituary from 1980: ‘All Was Grace’
After Dorothy Day’s death in 1980, her biographer William Miller wrote her obituary for America, noting that “the amazing thing about her life was the improbability of it all.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
New USCCB president: Bishops suffer from damaged unity. But the Gospel shows how to resolve our disagreements.
“I am not suggesting that we ignore disagreement, but that we handle it in an evangelical fashion, ” Archbishop Timothy Broglio writes.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Catholics: Your diocesan newspaper is worth saving.
Diocesan newspapers in New York and Portland, Ore., are shutting down this year. With fewer Catholic print publications in the United States, who will tell the story of the local church?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Is the Biden administration ready to respond to a Haitian immigration emergency?
People who hope to escape Haiti’s cholera outbreak and life-threatening insecurity cannot wait for a more welcome climate to emerge in the United States.
Posted inFaith, News
‘I haven’t had a full night’s sleep since’: Priest who buried 8 children reflects on 10th anniversary of Sandy Hook shooting
Reflecting on the horror and the events of the intervening years, Msgr. Weiss said: “Gratitude sustains me. I pray a lot and try to keep myself in the Lord’s hands.”
Posted inFaith, Last Take
Father Matt Malone: My Top 10 Picks from Ten Years at America
Matt Malone, S.J., compiled this list of his top 10 features from America and his top 10 columns over his 10 years as editor in chief.
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. dioceses begin to bring back Communion Cup
As many restrictions put in place for the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted, some Catholic dioceses around the country are returning to offering consecrated wine in the chalice for Communion.
Posted inFaith, Letters
Letter to the Editor: Correcting a common misconception about the U.S.C.C.B
Social justice issues, including climate change, consume not only the majority of our public relations, but also our staffing resources at the U.S.C.C.B.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
John T. Noonan: Catholic author, teacher and judge who embraced the paradoxes of faith
John T. Noonan, a consummate polymath, was perhaps one of the most lauded, influential and recognizable Catholics engaged in the public square in the last 50 years.