A truly communal outlook goes beyond facile images of togetherness, and focuses on creating and sustaining the common good.

The Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland transformed the horror of an egregious crime into raising awareness of violence against ...

Perhaps one reason we are so casual, in the United States, about the barbaric taking of life is that we're so far removed ...

This midterm election brings U.S. Catholics to reckon with their identity as members of a political and ecclesiastical body.

Dominic Sanfilippo offers a reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, year A: What is making you restless this ...

Mental health counselor Paul Fahey has published the definitive resource on Catholic spiritual abuse—but says there is work ...

In “Help! I’m Ruining My Kids,” Bible teacher Abbey Wedgeworth offers gospel-inspired approaches to managing parenting ...

Liam Watson is studying for a Master of Theological Studies degree at Duke University, with a focus in Ethics and concentrations in Catholic Studies, ...

Most Catholics have a pet list of teachings that they wish would be declared infallibly, or ex cathedra (from the Chair of Peter). Odds are that these often revolve around hot-button issues like women ...

Hope Wabuke is a writer, essayist, and poet who is a contributing editor for The Root and a contributing writer for The Kirkus Reviews.

Did Jesus have a real job? This is the question behind “was Jesus a carpenter”—which sounds a bit dismissive: as if teaching, preaching, and healing (not to mention redeeming the world) weren’t ...

Maximiliano Mendoza joined U.S. Catholic as assistant editor in 2026. He previously worked as an acquisitions assistant at the University of Chicago Press and as an educational programs intern at the ...