Commentary

May 31, 2020

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

It’s time for a national reconciliation

When news came that this past Memorial Day weekend was Chicago’s bloodiest in five years, most of the violence affecting communities of color, we had no idea how much worse the week would get.

June 3, 2020

By Father Donald Senior, CP

June 14: Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

Some of the most poignant scenes in this season of the virus are lines of cars with people waiting to have a box of food put in their trunks by volunteers. Ordinary people out of work and threatened by not enough food for them and their families.

June 3, 2020

By Kathleen Donahue-Coia

Other essential workers

We have all developed a much greater appreciation for the lesser-known essential workers during the pandemic — grocery store and warehouse employees, delivery personnel, maintenance staff, mail carriers, truck drivers and thousands of others whose jobs are absolutely essential to our day-to-day lives.

June 3, 2020

By Michelle Martin

We cannot be silent

I was thinking I would write about ending the school year at home this week, about how grateful I am to the teachers who worked harder than ever to help their students learn under circumstances that no one ever imagined or planned for.

October 9, 2019

By Bishop Robert Barron

Talking with skeptics on Reddit

I just finished my second dive into the Reddit AMA world. One of the most popular websites in the world, Reddit is a forum for all sorts of online conversations and presentations.

February 6, 2019

By Father James Keenan, SJ

Doing virtue in Rome

I arrived here in Rome two weeks ago. I will be living and writing my columns for Chicago Catholic for the next seven months here.

April 25, 2018

By Don Wycliff

Writing the script of our lives

I recently attended a workshop on trauma and emotional resilience in children for people who work in the child-welfare system. The keynote speaker kept coming back to one theme: Each of us must write the script of his or her own life.

April 22, 2020

By Kerry Alys Robinson

The church in action

The Catholic Church is not empty, it has been deployed.

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