A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, by Rachel Lu

We cannot protect the unborn simply by defeating something or rolling back cultural developments. We must build something.

The recent leak to Politico of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito suggests that the Supreme Court will soon strike down Roe v. Wade. We must consider the road ahead.

A Reflection for the Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent, by Rachel Lu

A Reflection for the Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent

I pray for unity in the church. I pray also for the consolation of fellow Catholics, who may now be denied that portion of the church’s tradition that has nourished their faith, as it once did mine.

Building a worker-friendly economy is a slow and difficult job. Stoking the rage and resentment of disaffected voters is much easier. Are pro-labor conservatives up to the task?

It is some comfort to recall that Catholics have already survived many difficult periods like our own.

Jesus called his followers to be fishers of men. We can understand this better if we consider what it takes to be a fisher of fish.

In a troubled time in our nation's history, can we unite around shared commitments to freedom, human dignity and truth?