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 ...

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

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

Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. John 6:53 I think that even the most devout Catholic can sometimes forget the scandal ...

Kate Bowler is an author, podcast host, and professor at Duke University. She is author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Oxford University Press).

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 ...

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 ...