Guest Columnists

Self-esteem is life-giving and energizing. But too much self-regard can also take possession of us, causing us to look inward instead of outward, to be overly concerned with our needs rather than the needs of others, to think we control our life when God actually controls it.

Father Kenneth Doyle affirms the importance of the doctrine of transubstantiation, and addresses an elderly churchgoer's anxiety about not going to Sunday Mass because she can't find parking.

We talk a great deal in this country about immigration, too often in language that is hostile or fearful. What we don’t talk about is emigration, the act of leaving one’s home.

A heartwarming drama, primarily set on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in which a young man with Down syndrome and no family to care for him escapes the retirement home where the state has warehoused him and takes to the road.

Is a deeper theological reflection on women leaders a priority for the church at this time, given everything else it’s facing? Without a doubt. A cursory look at the changing landscape of Catholic women in the United States and its potential impact makes this evident.