Commentary

Like Mary, we are all called

May 6, 2018
By Father Joseph Breighner
Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom

Our job is not just to do good things for God, but to allow God to do good things through us. That’s what Mary models.

Michelle Wolf and the throwaway culture

May 4, 2018
By Bishop Robert Barron
Filed Under: Commentary, Word on Fire

One of the extraordinary but often overlooked qualities of a system of objective morality is that it is a check on the powerful and a protection of the most vulnerable.

Mary, Mother of the Church

May 3, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Amen, Commentary

I heard that someone commenting on the new memorial said, “Isn’t there enough about Mary, already?” How can there be too much about Mary when she brought us Jesus?

The church exists to evangelize

April 26, 2018
By Archbishop William E. Lori
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop

It’s not that most Catholics reject outright the call to spread the Gospel; it’s more that they decline to participate in it, often because they themselves have never been evangelized and adequately catechized.

Haiti alumna’s story: 15 years later

April 24, 2018
By Abby Taylor
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions

I always knew I wanted a life of being immersed in other cultures, and one week in Haiti only completely confirmed this.

When incense is bothersome/ Giving beggars money

April 24, 2018
By Father Kenneth Doyle
Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner

Father Doyle fields questions about the use of incense at Mass and whether a person should give money to homeless people.

‘Roe v. Wade’ Derangement Syndrome

April 19, 2018
By George Weigel
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life, The Catholic Difference

The defense of the indefensible leads to rage, and rage becomes a form of madness.

A great lady who was the first lady

April 19, 2018
By Richard Szczepanowski
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Richard Szczepanowski, a reporter for the Catholic Standard in Washington, shares his personal memories of Barbara Bush.

For Earth Day 2018 and beyond, say no to plastic bags

April 17, 2018
By Effie Caldarola
Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey

Earth Day 2018 urges us to reduce, refuse, reuse, recycle and remove plastic. Not just bags, but the single use plastics that are so ubiquitous in our society.