The wounds of Catholic women
When the Vatican rejected a bid to allow laypeople to preach at mass, I felt again the toll of being dismissed by the church I call home.
Strangers no more
The compassion of Iraqi and Syrian migrants I’ve met has transformed me—and challenged my vocabulary.
The bipartisan religion of the US border
Borders are not only political spaces, argues Elizabeth Shakman Hurd. They are also sacred objects.
Looking out the window in wartime
We still have power: We can choose whether to give violence the last word.
Hope arrives in the present tense
Living in the liturgical present makes salvation a story about us, not just the past.
A great library of witnesses
Watching from Bethlehem, feeling helpless as the death toll rose in Gaza, I applied to go far away and do research.
The flavors of Bethlehem
Fadi Kattan’s cookbook is the story of a city told through its food. It’s also a quiet testament to faith.
Listening to—and translating—the voices of asylum seekers
In Alejandra Oliva’s new memoir, she describes how her body becomes an archive of migrants’ stories.