Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez responds to the Independence Day film release by Angel Studios, “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.” She argues that the film, which is about a rural Black congregation in which 22 families adopted 77 children out
In this opinion piece, Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the dispiriting presidential election that the U.S. is facing. With the same two candidates likely facing off as last year, there is not much to inspire. She notes that
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about being sick and the importance of being good stewards of our bodies — temples of the Holy Spirit. She writes: “I can’t highlight good stories, help others or pray for anyone if I’m dead because I didn’t
In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI, preaching at at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, called for a new Pentecost. In this column, Our sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez examines her relationship to the Holy Spirit and recounts how her quest to
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on a new, insightful memoir by Rob Henderson, called “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.” She describes how Henderson, who was abandoned by his birth father and then his adoptive father, “tells of how
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez contrasts former president Donald Trump’s recent championing of IVF with the approach to the topic taken by the novel and movie adaption, “Someone Like You.” She argues that Catholics can learn from the more narrative approach to the
God can surprise us with gifts of profound grace in the midst of illness and inconvenience. Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez recounts how an unexpected sickness during a trip to Rome brought spiritual restoration by allowing her to see Jesus’
In his book, “The Contemplative Hunger,” Father Donald Haggerty has a chapter that headlines a question: “A Contemplative Revolution?” Father Haggerty writes: “The evidence is strong today that a desire for silent prayer is being felt by more and more souls, a
Our Sunday Visitor columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez wasn’t planning to watch the hit series ‘The Chosen.’ Too many Christian movies and shows misrepresent the Gospel to the general public. But when she did, despite obvious instances of poetic license, she found a
The popular 1988 song by Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car,” is back in rotation and Luke Combs, who is currently successfully covering it, got to sing it with Chapman at the Grammys in recent days. Yet current interpretations of the lyrics seem to