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Can Catholics agree on anything about abortion? Catholics of all political stripes can come together around supporting women and children. We are all familiar with the story in the Gospel of John when Jesus encounters a woman accused of adultery, the penalty for which is death by stoning. The Pharisees in this narrative exploit the […]

Masculinity and faith intersect at a Brooklyn parish festival The men involved in the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel find God not only in Mass and prayer, but also through manual labor, tattoos, and family ties. Professor of religion Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada says that growing up in New York City she was always fascinated […]

10 retreats to restore your soul Spiritual retreats can happen anywhere—from a retreat center to the kitchen table. An invitation from a local retreat center beckons to the worn and weary. Who among us does not need renewal these days? The demands of daily life challenge even the most disciplined spiritual seekers. It helps every […]

How the pandemic taught me to embrace downtime Working from home isn’t always as peaceful as we think. I started working for U.S. Catholic on the day our office closed during the first wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. While I was bummed not to meet my new coworkers face to face, I embraced […]

We don’t understand religious freedom. COVID-19 proved it. Religious freedom has been a hot topic in the United States for decades. But the pandemic offered a crash course on the topic. Even during the early months of the pandemic, many called the global outbreak of COVID-19 an apocalyptic event. This was not only in the […]