U.S. Catholic

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Love me, love my dog.)" --St. Bernard, A.D. 1150, "Sermo Primus" Some people come to Venice for the canals, some for the romance, and some for the history, seeing it as the quintessential...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Neither fans nor critics of U.S. Catholic should be surprised that its readers love Vatican II. When the magazine surveyed readers about the Second Vatican Council in 2005--to mark the 40th anniversary of its closing--91 percent...

A few years ago the Vatican issued a revised version of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, the "guidebook" for how to celebrate the Mass. The cover of the document's American edition showed a part of Jan and Hubert Van Eyck's magnificent...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Playing favorites is something parents are not supposed to do. I Recent studies indicate that Mom and Dad do it all the time. The fairest, funniest, or most gifted child typically wins the prize of parental attention, although...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several years ago I started reading a few books about Eastern spirituality and began to meditate. I'd sit cross-legged on my back porch in the sun for an hour. I'd focus on my breathing. I'd become aware of every inhale and...

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED Directed by Colin Trevorrow (Film District, 2012) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Director Colin Trevorrow and screenwriter Derek Connolly's touching sci-fi misadventure about time travel looks like it was made on a small budget,...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I once heard a bishop explain to confirmation candidates what it means to, in the words of the baptismal liturgy, "reject the glamor of evil and refuse to be mastered by sin." A white-knuckle flyer himself, he told the story...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I turned 70 last year, placing me well into a time of both diminishment and opportunity. I used to be 5 foot 8 but am now compressed toward 5 foot 7 thanks to the inexorable pull of gravity and a fractured disk in my mid 50s....