A pilgrimage Church stripped of pretense

Paulina Guzik · September 4, 2025

When you are born in a major pilgrimage destination, you grow up with a treasure -- a national shrine and sacred image -- within reach every day. I was that child, born in Czestochowa, home of the Black Madonna and a beloved place of spiritual refuge for St. John Paul II.

Editorial

Intelligence is not artificial

August 30, 2025

On our Comment pages, Sr. Helena Burns issues a robust call for a return to “old school” means of acquiring, developing and retaining knowledge in the age of AI.

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The ancient art of learning without ChatGPT

Sr. Helena Burns · August 30, 2025

“How did you guys look stuff up before the internet and ChatGPT? Did you just run to the library all the time?” an earnest young lady queried recently online.

Questioning Faith

The complaining cry hiding the deepest need

Mary Marrocco · August 29, 2025

At a church event for seniors, activities and games were organized for guests, with lunch, snacks and prayer time. To the surprise of all, one woman’s voice echoed throughout the afternoon, complaining she didn’t get anything she wanted, didn’t feel well treated, and was bitterly disappointed.

Onesie child-care policy is a fit for no one

Andrea Mrozek · August 28, 2025

When it comes to caring for kids, there is a mantra that everyone should do what works for their family. This is, of course, true. This being the case, when a mom is clearly agonizing over a choice to use daycare for her 12-month-old, why is it so hard to follow that theme?

Barefoot and Preaching

Three keys to making welcoming space

Leah Perrault · August 28, 2025

Over the last few months, I have been thinking a lot about the way that places and spaces hold us. Walking through our old neighbourhood for the last time, I walked under aged elm trees, whose branches provided cover from a gentle rain. In other seasons, that park was a playground of snow, and a mountain of leaves. It was a space that held our family so beautifully over the last few years.

On the road to Our Lady: How pilgrimage taught me the power of community

Paulina Guzik · August 24, 2025

When you are born in a major pilgrimage destination, you grow up with a treasure — a national shrine and sacred image — within reach every day. I was that child, born in Czestochowa, home of the Black Madonna and a beloved place of spiritual refuge for St. John Paul II.

Our world is a testament to divine generosity

Donna Fagan · August 23, 2025

Just a few days after beginning his summer holidays in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the first Mass for the Care of Creation, a new formulary of the Roman Missal.

Editorial

Pope Leo is Christ’s disciple

Michael Heinlein · August 22, 2025

In an age when the pope has become something of a global celebrity, Pope Leo so far has operated in such a way that distances his new office from his personality. While he speaks at times of his own experience, Leo is much more squarely focused on the Church's life and mission and what his office offers to it.

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Keep an eye on AI’s ability, power to scam

Sr. Helena Burns · August 21, 2025

Have we been scammed by Artificial Intelligence? Or more accurately, have we been scammed by a handful of companies and their powerful CEOs to believe that AI is the answer to all our human limitations?