Commentary & Columns
Ash Wednesday: Guided by St. Clare of Assisi
This Lent, I call on St. Clare of Assisi to show me the way. I need a sister in Christ to lead me through Lent radically different than in Lents past — to embrace penance, conversion and self-sacrifice as Jesus refines me.
Wording of Nicene Creed/ Conflicted about cremation
Father Doyle fields questions about language in the Nicene Creed and the Catholic position on cremation.
Xin Nian Kuai Le! A Chinese dumpling recipe
Remember way back at the beginning of the pandemic when we were all jockeying for yeast and discussing sourdough starters? It seems like a distant memory. Lately, I feel I’m thinking more about which local restaurant I want to support tonight.
Our Chinese New Year festivities and other highlights from the week (7 Quick Takes)
Welcome to the Year of the Ox.
Go beyond the headlines
In addition to the crucifix on the wall in your home, the Catholic Review wants to be there to help you live your Catholic faith, day in and day out.
Need a laugh? Meet the Zoom kitten attorney
I’ve been thinking just how much we all need to laugh right now.
Claudette Colvin: The spark before Rosa Parks
On March 2, 1955, Claudette was a 15-year-old frightened Black girl who refused to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was jailed nine months before Rosa Parks was arrested for the same civil disobedience, but not in the same way.
A Catholic call for unity
A call for unity without truth is the tool of con artists. Instead, unity must be based on the word of God, the sword which Jesus brings.
A winter walk with friends
Yesterday, many, many months since our last visit together, my friends and I decided to get together for a walk.
Winter beauty, food and fun (7 Quick Takes)
~1~ A few months ago, my husband installed Christmas lights on our back deck. We have always admired our neighbors’ string of multicolored lights on their back deck. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I look out our bedroom window and see theirs and think how cheerful and friendly they are. […]