Commentary

May 7, 2026

By Cardinal Blase J. Cupich

Faith, compassion, community

Cardinal Cupich delivered the following remarks during Maryville Academy’s Night of Hope on April 14.

May 29, 2024

By Father Donald Senior, CP

June 9: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Loretta Micele, who passed away in 2014, spent 70 of her 95 years working joyfully at a concession stand at the White Sox stadiums. In appreciation, the White Sox named a concession lounge in her honor: Loretta’s Lounge.

April 22, 2026

By Colleen Kennedy

Helping mothers have a future

When Kaitlyn and her mother were living at the House of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic Charities domestic violence shelter, she received a letter that would change her life.

May 7, 2026

By Michelle Martin

Pondering

Usually when my family asks what I want for a gift, I can’t think of anything.Usually when my family asks what I want for a gift, I can’t think of anything.

October 9, 2019

By Bishop Robert Barron

Talking with skeptics on Reddit

I just finished my second dive into the Reddit AMA world. One of the most popular websites in the world, Reddit is a forum for all sorts of online conversations and presentations.

February 6, 2019

By Father James Keenan, SJ

Doing virtue in Rome

I arrived here in Rome two weeks ago. I will be living and writing my columns for Chicago Catholic for the next seven months here.

April 25, 2018

By Don Wycliff

Writing the script of our lives

I recently attended a workshop on trauma and emotional resilience in children for people who work in the child-welfare system. The keynote speaker kept coming back to one theme: Each of us must write the script of his or her own life.

August 17, 2022

By Kerry Alys Robinson

Anonymous blessing

At a desert monastery, I had the opportunity to walk a labyrinth made of stones surrounded by exotic flora. I was completely alone, but far from lonely, enchanted by the mysterious beauty and contradiction of uninviting, captivating cacti amidst the craggy landscape. With each step closer to the center, I offered the prayer I have prayed daily.

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