Greg Erlandson, Catholic News Service
Message of church leaders needs every platform — Greg Erlandson
Recently, lots of bishops have been speaking out. Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin must be smiling, for 40 years after he argued that Catholic social...
They said ‘It will never be an American!’ but the Holy...
How many people on Thursday, May 8, while waiting for the cardinals to elect a new pope, said, "It will never be an American!"
I...
Dealing with pandemic PTSD — Greg Erlandson
I'd like a show of hands for how many of you tested positive for COVID this summer. Or felt like heck but didn't have...
To combine faith and career is personal and at times even...
On the hallway wall leading to my office at Catholic News Service is arrayed a series of eight photographs of its previous directors.
Justin McGrath,...
With the world’s declining population, Pope Francis calls us to bear...
As we await the birth of the Savior Child, it seems fitting to note that in many parts of the developed world, the lack...
Revisiting Vatican II: Whether the council failed is what much of...
Since most Catholics alive today have no lived memory of the Second Vatican Council, it remains surprising that it is -- at least for...
With God’s blessing, results of Synod of Bishops will include recovered...
Catholics have lots of opinions about their church these days, from preaching to polarization. So imagine what happens when you ask 700,000 what they...
Death penalty perspective in the United States carries on with the...
One of the maddening aspects of America's political landscape for Catholics is the inconsistencies of both political parties.
Some folks may oppose the death penalty...
Taking care of women and their children should offer common ground...
The divide that separates pro-life and pro-choice advocates seems to have gotten deeper and wider since the Supreme Court's stunning reversal of 50 years...
‘This is not all there is.’ Our faith assures us there...
"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." -- Mercutio, "Romeo and Juliet"
In the past two and a half months...