A long white beard. A golden throne among clouds. A round and rosy face. Until I started college (yes, college) this was how I imagined God. Consciously or not, my version of God had the same ...

Ralph Ellison’s novel depicts the quest for personal dignity in a society determined to deny it. “I am a man.” On February 12, 1968, over two hundred Black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, ...

Gays are created in the image of God. So are liberals. The rich. The undocumented. Unbelievers. Everyone, even, and most importantly, the people with whom you do not agree. That’s the message of the ...

Pope Francis blesses a woman as he greets people who have disabilities following Mass in St. Peter’s Square on June 17, 2013. (CNS/Paul Haring) The recently released Vatican document “Dignitas ...

There is power in a name. One of the things happening in our world right now is that people are “naming” injustice. No longer are we just talking about statistics, numbers and data. We are lifting up ...

I am on retreat in a beautiful and sacred place, Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. My weekend has been filled with the song of birds, the sweet smell of prairie grasses ...

As St. Augustine wrote, he said, “God created us without us, but he will not save us without us,” which means “we are called ...

Does going to the doctor ever make you feel like a number? You’re not alone. A 2023 TIME magazine article explored the concept of “patient burnout,” or patients avoiding necessary medical care over ...