Allowing the crucifix as an approved emblem on a headstone would give families of Catholic veterans a deeper sense of peace and comfort when they entrust their loved ones to the Lord’s care.
Guest Columnists
A Toast to America: The Land of Immigrants
I celebrated and toasted the 200th anniversary of America’s independence in 1976 with friends and family who, just a few years earlier, had arrived with hearts brimming with joy in this land of promises and hopes.
The Strength of Jimmy Lai
What can his fellow Catholics do for Jimmy Lai at the moment? We can hold him in prayer every day. We can urge the administration to continue to press for Jimmy’s release, and we can urge our representatives and senators to press the administration to keep pressing the Chinese regime.
In Praise of Fathers, the Quiet Heroes Among Us
This Father’s Day, let us remember the quiet heroes who are all around us. And let us commit ourselves to follow their example.
John Paul II and America
It’s probably fair to say that John Paul II began his papacy with an impression of American Catholicism not dissimilar from that of other European intellectuals: The U.S. Church had an enviable network of institutions — ranging from parishes to health care and social service facilities to schools, colleges, and universities — but the Church was more wealthy than cultured and lived too comfortably within the American status quo.
Why Bishops Are Consecrating U.S. to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
On June 11, during their spring meeting in Orlando, bishops of the United States gathered at the Basilica Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe, to consecrate the United States to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The consecration celebrates America’s semiquincentennial, that is, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The Peace That We Can Make
Repetition, it’s said, can be the mother of learning. So, in light of recent Catholic debates about the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and elsewhere, permit me to reprise, with slight adjustments, parts of a column from 24 years ago.
What the Pope’s Encyclical On AI Is Asking of You
Near the end of his new encyclical “Magnifica humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV senses that his reader may be feeling overwhelmed. “At this point,” the Holy Father writes, “a subtle temptation may emerge, namely the thought that the problems are too big and we are too small, and that our choices, therefore, cannot make a difference.”
Voting Rights: People of Hope’s Long Journey Toward Justice
Your voice is valuable, rooted in your inherent dignity, and it continues to matter regardless of changes in law or policy.
The Culture of Death Loses One
Legislative vigilance is essential. So is building the culture of life by expanding access to palliative end-of-life care.