Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service
Effie Caldarola writes for Catholic News Service from the greater Omaha area.
In the story of Zacchaeus, Jesus tells us we are all...
So, after two years, I finally succumbed to COVID-19.
When I woke up feeling like a cold was coming, I wasn't surprised. I'd been exposed...
Jesus: ‘Thus will it be for the one who stores up...
My great-grandfather, a refugee from the devastating famine in Ireland, came to Nebraska to farm. Generations later, I grew up on that farm.
I have...
‘The Letter: A message for our earth’ — you can do...
When you think about the Vatican, great filmmaking isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.
But a documentary released by the Vatican on the...
‘Do not worry about tomorrow;’ appreciate the days we have now...
One of my daughters recently reunited with college roommates on the opposite coast. It was her first airplane flight since COVID-19, and the first...
Jeannine Marie Pitas: Renaissance woman informed by her faith
Jeannine Marie Pitas, a Catholic writer and poet, is a Renaissance woman whose many and varied endeavors are all informed by her faith.
Part of...
Politics getting ugly? Control your words, anger, feelings toward those with...
There was a Trump rally held in my old hometown of Anchorage, Alaska, recently. I've read the news reports, but the thing I keep...
Post Roe: We must fully support pregnant women more than ever
I went to high school before Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's constitutional right to abortion and an absolute...
State Senator Colby Coash supporter of Nebraskans for Alternatives to the...
Choosing a side
In the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the saint asks us to make a choice between "the two standards." Using...
No matter how bad times seem, we should still join, speak...
The other day, my daughter and I visited the Red Cross office to donate blood.
Afterward, me munching the little bag of popcorn I was...
Safe, affordable child care, and community support and education the best...
I went to high school before Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision establishing a woman's constitutional right to abortion and an absolute...