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Guest Commentary

Lessons to be learned from Ukraine’s witness

March 9, 2022
By Greg Erlandson
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, War in Ukraine

The scenes of brave Ukrainians standing in front of tanks, making Molotov cocktails, picking up arms to fight an overwhelming aggressor, taps into some powerful American myths about righteous struggles and David vs. Goliath contests.

Super Bowl LVI: The Catholic Roots of the NFL

February 10, 2022
By Kate O'Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, News, Sports, World News

As fans prepare to watch the Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m., Catholic viewers may not realize how much their fellow believers have been involved in the history and success of American football.

Is your parish family-friendly?

February 10, 2022
By Laura Kelly Fanucci
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Parenting

Making a parish family-friendly is a practical and spiritual undertaking. It both requires a checklist and an examination of conscience.

How Tom Brady can inspire our Lenten discipline

February 10, 2022
By Elise Italiano Ureneck
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Lent, Sports

What we choose to do for our Lenten disciplines should help us make incremental progress toward holiness.

One city’s effort to close the digital divide

January 27, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

In 2021, nearly one in four U.S. households did not have an internet connection, according to Reviews.org, a website that evaluates products and services for home internet connectivity.

Remembering the life of a beloved Black nun, leader and friend

January 3, 2022
By Shannen Dee Williams
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Obituaries, Social Justice

2021 saw the passing of some of the nation’s most important leaders, thinkers, writers and freedom fighters of the modern era.

A meditation on Mary’s heart at the Nativity

December 22, 2021
By Cassandra Palmer
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

All along, Mary’s immaculate heart had always been fertile ground for God’s love to grow.

My Advent pilgrimage to the gravesite of Sister Thea Bowman

December 9, 2021
By Shannen Dee Williams
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice

In these trying times, one can only wonder what Sister Thea, an unapologetic champion of Black life, mothers, families and social equality, might say about the current state of our bitterly divided nation and church.

Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek: Poor in spirit

December 4, 2021
By Father Richard Malloy, S.J.
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Saints

Walter Ciszek was a tough kid growing up in the rugged coal country of Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. In the mysterious ways of God, he entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1928 and, as a novice, offered to go to the Russian missions. In 1938, he was sent to Poland and later accompanied workers who were heading into […]

Christmas supply chain issues opportunity for what matters

November 23, 2021
By Anna Jones
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

If we can get back to the realization that Advent is fruitful because we have four weeks set aside to focus on hope in God’s promises, peace in God’s plan, joy in God’s providence, and love of the Lord and others, then maybe we’ll see it as gift of four weeks to slowly prepare for Jesus instead of a competition of liturgical living activities to complete.

This Advent, focus on presence not presents

November 23, 2021
By Katie Prejean McGrady
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary

If we can get back to the realization that Advent is fruitful because we have four weeks set aside to focus on hope in God’s promises, peace in God’s plan, joy in God’s providence, and love of the Lord and others, then maybe we’ll see it as gift of four weeks to slowly prepare for Jesus instead of a competition of liturgical living activities to complete.

Feast of Immaculate Conception recognizes Mary’s sinless nature

November 23, 2021
By Monsignor Charles M. Mangan
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

Mary lived virtuously by adoring her Creator, obeying his commands and serving her neighbors.

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