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An illustration of the death of Uncle Tom from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Illustration: Etching by George Cruikshank, 1852/Alamy).
Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.
Arts & CulturePoetry
Cristina Legarda
This is total upheaval, the world upside-down./ How sweet and free to be told love is ours.
FaithOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
An ambitious computer training program for at-risk youth seeks to be an engine for building a middle class for El Salvador.
Arts & CultureBooks
Joe Pagetta
Drawing on her years as a Baptist minister and nursing home chaplain, Lynn Casteel Harper asks the reader to reconsider much of the stigma—and terminology—that we place on people diagnosed with dementia.
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The church can be an instrument of reunion, bringing together the voices of individual citizens and ushering a Christian sense of unity into the public square.
Arts & CultureBooks
Roger Bergman
Erik Edstrom, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, tries to explain what our recent wars have meant to the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
The parable reminds us that just labor practices are a pro-life issue that should be considered as we discern our election choices.
Arts & CultureBooks
Mike Nelson
The behind-the-scenes story of Bud Selig's tenure as commissioner of Major League Baseball.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
In today’s reading, the entire community is given authority to hold its members to account and rectify wrongful acts.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
Actions reveal character and intention more than words do.
Arts & CultureBooks
Michael Vaccari
In his new book, Melvin Urofsky, an emeritus professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of numerous books, details the critical issues around affirmative action in the United States.
FaithThe Word
Jaime L. Waters
This problematic parable teaches the importance of mercy, asking for help and granting relief to those in need.
Arts & CultureBooks
Jenny Shank
This story of a Vietnamese immigrant growing up in the United States is constructed as a series of meditations on the lessons from great books that moved and instructed him.
Politics & SocietyNews
Simone Campbell, S.S.S.James Martin, S.J.
Campbell and Martin were among the religious leaders invited to take part in the Democratic National Convention.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
If Joe Biden wins in November, he will be just the second Catholic elected president.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tony Gutiérrez
Many Catholics have questions about Senator Harris’s record on religious freedom.
FaithDispatches
Colleen Dulle
Archbishop Stefan Hesse, Germany’s youngest bishop, said he was entering reform talks with an open mind.
Politics & SocietyNews
Larry Neumeister - Associated PressColleen Long - Associated PressJill Colvin - Associated Press
President Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on allegations that he ripped off donors trying to fund the southern border wall.
Politics & SocietyNews
Doreen Abi Raad - Catholic News Service
Although the lives of those attending that Mass were spared, so far 12 parishioners have died from the blast. Father Mouannes has no idea how many have been injured.
Politics & SocietyNews
Elana Schor, Associated Press
When Coons speaks to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday before Biden’s speech accepting the party’s presidential nomination, his remarks will focus on faith — attesting in highly personal fashion to his longtime friend’s belief in God.