The Eucharist is not to make Jesus present so we can worship him, says Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. If you want to adore Christ in the Eucharist, go to Benediction, not to Mass.
We can experience the Holy Spirit by becoming attuned to the Spirit's movement in our experiences, says Fr. Daniel P. Horan. We just might find that she defies our preconceived notions of God.
We say: It's going to be a wild ride with the new Republican-controlled House. And any hints we have of the GOP agenda indicate that important tenets of Catholic social teaching will be missing from the chaotic mix.
Despite differences between the Trump and Biden discoveries, some voters will simply conclude that all politicians are corrupt or incompetent. That hurts a party that believes government can do good things.
A year after its release, the pastoral letter on nuclear disarmament by Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester needs to be implemented in parishes and dioceses, says Claire Schaeffer-Duffy.
The case of Jesuit Fr. Marko Rupnik shows the immense structural and cultural change needed to deal with abuse in the church. Even more profound change is needed when it comes to abuse of women, both lay and religious.
Polarization and a lack of political will have prevented the U.S. from responding to the bishops' moral case for immigration reform, says J. Kevin Appleby.
Our Catholic faith has something to say about how to address economic inequality, but it's a voice not always heard at the World Economic Forum, says columnist Michael Sean Winters.