The story of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22 is supposed to be about God's just and peaceful kingdom. Then the king said to ...

Our spiritual community extends beyond humanity. And your creaturely companion could be waiting for you to join them in ...

Allison Holst-Grubbe offers a reflection for the twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 11, year A: To be clothed in ...

But St. Francis of Assisi is someone who still matters today, and in some surprising ways. In our time marked by increasing ...

Allison Holst-Grubbe serves as a cantor and Director of Community Engagement at St. Patrick-St. Anthony Church and The Franciscan Center for Urban ...

Margo Morin is a Pastoral Associate and Spiritual Director serving at a large senior living community in Massachusetts. She has over 30 years of ...

They say the church is not a democracy…but it still hosts historically important elections. Councils, synods, and even parishes often employ democratic norms in their decision-making processes. But, ...

Introducing In Their Own Words, a new web column from U.S. Catholic. In these essays, academics and other experts provide short, evidence-based explanations of prominent Catholic figures’ views on an ...

Christian history is full of stories about relics, from the quest of the holy grail to tales about unscrupulous medieval merchants hawking fake relics. Today, the practice of collecting and venerating ...

On March 30, the Vatican announced its repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery, a principle used to justify centuries of colonialism and oppression of Indigenous people. Apart from the significance ...

For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite readers to submit their responses to ...

When it comes to enemies, we rarely think twice. Our response is emotional and reflexive. If something comes from them, we’re against it. Whatever it is they’re saying, it’s wrong. Whatever they want ...