Appreciating good homilies June 20, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary Wherever two or three Catholics are gathered, at some point, there is certain to be grumbling about preaching.
Fatherhood is the ultimate trust exercise June 16, 2022By Matt Palmer Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Parenting It’s a blessing to be entrusted with children each day.
A tale of two weddings June 3, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Marriage & Family Life Opportunities for witness and evangelization are everywhere and all about us.
CCC collection supports local, global Catholic media and communications May 19, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Journalism Gifts to the Catholic Communication Campaign benefit local dioceses and their communication efforts, and it will supply far more than technology — it will spread the faith, hope and love of Jesus Christ, and of his Church, to people and places where the word of God is needed most.
Taking care of Mom and Dad May 11, 2022By Maureen Pratt Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Seniors This month and next, as we celebrate all mothers and fathers, many of us will be in the blessed but challenging position of helping our parents navigate their older years, when human fragility can bring on sometimes all-encompassing vulnerability.
Report: Kids’ time spent on screen soars during the pandemic April 27, 2022By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Commentary, Coronavirus, Feature, Guest Commentary Use of screen media per day is up 17 percent for teens (ages 13-18) and tweens (ages 8-12) from the start of the pandemic, according to Common Sense Media. And that doesn’t take into account time spent attending school virtually and doing homework.
How to get past the polarization April 25, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary We need to listen respectfully to each other. Then we need to seek areas of agreement.
Learning to love the cry room April 14, 2022By Elise Italiano Ureneck Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary I now consider the cry room a sanctuary within a sanctuary, a gift of which only compassionate and loving parent-architects could have conceived.
Evening news despair and Easter hope April 12, 2022By Greg Erlandson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Easter, Guest Commentary A news anchor’s grim highlights of Armageddon will never be the last word. But the final chapter has been written already by the Lord of Easter.
Mary, woman of wonders against the lords of war April 7, 2022By Hosffman Ospino Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine It is with sadness and puzzlement that our world witnesses the invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, by its neighbor Russia, an exponentially more powerful country politically, economically and militarily.
How to work for mercy at home April 4, 2022By Laura Kelly Fanucci Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent The works of mercy call us to look closer: to see those around us as Christ, too. Often it’s easier to say we love humanity, but harder to love the human beings in our own home.
Fasting: Connecting to joy March 11, 2022By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Lent When fasting, we are more likely to be attentive; be intelligent; be reasonable; be responsible.
