Guest Voices

Almost every country has committed to preventing child labor, but the issue persists through entrenched systemic drivers: the demand for cheap, fast production and the impunity of corporations that profit from the vulnerable.

While Douthat and I disagree on many things, we can both affirm that there is something "more" to our lives and the universe than generally meets the eye or that can be explained purely by empirical analysis. 

Now is not a time to deny that it is dark, says Sr. Christine Schenk. It is a time to lean on God's own Spirit to help us figure out which candle is ours to light. 

It can be hard to see the dignity of work in our post-industrial stratified world. In this Jubilee year, the church prompts us to turn to St. Joseph, whose work was filled with hope for salvation.

This year's Los Angeles Religious Education Congress was a timely infusion of Catholic prayer and social teaching, writes Daryl Grigsby.

I am angry about Cardinal Timothy Dolan's remark that the pontiff was “probably close to death.” What we need is Pope Francis back. The world needs him back.

Commentary: The same MAGA diplomacy that loudly lectures Ukraine about peace simultaneously works to dismantle climate action and maintain a brutal addiction to fossil fuel.

For me, God is more important than my country, but my country is still worth fighting for. It's my home, and it's where I continue to learn what love is.