Effie Caldarola, Cathoilc News Service

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...

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...

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...