Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service

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, a Catholic writer and poet, is a Renaissance woman whose many and varied endeavors are all informed by her faith. Part of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Our wounds and our hope A story about St. Teresa of Avila tells us that one day the devil appeared to her in the guise...

Is America's collective teeth grinding an indication of its happiness level? A Twitter user mentioned how badly she grinds her teeth in her sleep. A...

Like life itself, Lent starts out nice and slow. And suddenly, Easter is upon us. There may have been a Lenten midway point, or maybe...