Commentary

January 8, 2020

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

Peace, a journey of solidarity and fraternity

In the summer of 1995, I joined some friends on a trip to Germany, 50 years after the end of the World War II. Visiting a small town one day, we were drawn to the center square by a band playing the “Star Spangled Banner.” As we drank beer and ate brats, we struck up a conversation with some locals.

January 8, 2020

By Father Donald Senior, CP

Jan. 19: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

The notion of vocation has evolved in Catholic parlance. Not long ago “having a vocation” meant being destined to become a priest or religious. A dramatic change came at the time of the Second Vatican Council.

January 8, 2020

By Kathleen Donahue

‘Go and do likewise’

Each year in early January, we celebrate National Migration Week (Jan. 5-11), established nearly a half-century ago by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to call attention to circumstances confronting migrants and to highlight the church’s teaching on migration.

January 8, 2020

By Michelle Martin

The empty box mystery

Call it the mystery of the empty box. A whodunit that is repeated over and over and over again.

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.

December 18, 2019

By Kerry Alys Robinson

Wonder

Our family was enjoying dinner on Christmas Eve before bundling up for midnight Mass at St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale University. Christopher and Sophie were tiny but precocious. Advent had been full of lengthy discussions during which their innately inquisitive selves delved ever more deeply into the practicalities of Santa Claus and his primary, global responsibility.

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