Cover Stories
U.S. Catholic February 2006

SuperCatholics?
Sizing up the new lay movements
Faster than a flight of angels, leaping church steeples in a single bound—well, maybe not that super. But when it comes to living the faith in the modern world, Renée M. LaReau explains, these lay groups are turning heads.

continue reading »

Find out what you are missing in the print version of U.S. Catholic.
View stories for: | |

Not one life more
While we concoct an honorable exit strategy, the dying continues in Iraq.

What I learned from Father Dan
It’s not whether gay or straight that matters, argues Margaret M. Brennan in The Examined Life.


The real hero of Hotel Rwanda
The human family has closed its eyes to the suffering of Africa for far too long, says Paul Rusesasabagina in an interview with editors.

The above file requires the Adobe Acobat Reader.

Paul Rusesabagina campaigns to end genocide in Darfur: Watch his interview with the editors now or read it in the February issue of U.S. Catholic.


Father Cyrus Banque, C.M.F.

What price justice?
Four years after a bloody transition to independence, the people of East Timor are struggling to balance justice and economic stability. In this photo story W. Evan Golder documents their difficult journey.


Glad you asked:
Do Protestants and Catholics read the same book?

Spirituality Café:
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day: "On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' And Vanity comes along and asks the question, 'Is it popular?' But Conscience asks the question . . .


The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Visit our popular online guide to 100 years of Catholic tradition, tracking the church's "best kept secret" from Rerum novarum to Centesimus annus.

Anne Burke receives the 2005 U.S. Catholic Award for Furthering the Cause of Women in the Church
Watch Judge Burke's acceptance speech (Quicktime 7 required).


Subscribe

Subscribe now (or call 1-800-328-6515) for yourself or for friends. Order one gift subscription for just $17 and get the second one absolutely free! And don't forget to visit our bookstore!

Order Now
eCards & Prayer

St. Isidor the Farmer St. Isidore the Farmer
Send a friend or family member a free eCard.

Send an eCard

Search U.S. Catholic: