"The vitality of faith and the abundance of vocations in many parts of the Global South are not anomalies; they are signs of the Spirit’s fidelity to the church." Fr. Cornelus Uchenna Okeke on "a theology of reciprocal mission": www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/from-missi...

Jesus showed not only by words but also by his behavior that he advocated and manifested diversity, equality, and inclusion: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/jesus-and-...

Latest podcast with interspiritual pioneer Kurt Johnson looks at the history of the interspiritual movement, Catholic contributions to a “deep ecumenism,” and how we might “pilot out of a place of deeper assets” to build a better world: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/deeper-ass...

On Nicholas Worssam's "In the Stillness, Waiting," from @litpress.bsky.social: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/breathe-ch...

In the latest episode of our podcast, we speak with Robert Nicastro of the Center for Christogenesis about evolutionary theology—a keynote interview for Tomorrow’s American Catholic! www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/cosmic-ame...

“Any moment can become liturgical when the community encounters the Holy Creator together, even under a tree or on a mountain.” A conversation with Sr. Leonida Katunge of the Pan-African Catholic Theology and Pastoral Network: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/liturgy-sy...

Reintroducing TAC: www.tomorrowsamericancatholic.org/p/welcome-to...

"The role of the first stage of life is to create a solid ego structure. The task of the second half of life is to allow it to die so that the true self can be resurrected." An essay on "falling upward" into a new vocation: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/fall...

"The more one senses love in his and her heart, mind, actions—whole sitz im leben and daily life experiences—the more is one, in fact, loving God." Gene Ciarlo on panentheistic prayer: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/god-...

Along with 14 other "synod pilgrims," Patricia E. Clement of the Pentecost Vigil Project will be in Rome this week for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies. We're excited to share her introductory report here: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/a-pi...

"There’s a need to find the point where Life 1 and Life 2 intersect. I sit and read / about Dante’s exile and think polarization has always been with us . . ." A poem by Jeannine M. Pitas: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/sept...

"We must refute our culture’s presumption that all problems are caused by an individual’s defect." A column by William Droel, timed to the release of Leo's apostolic exhortation on love for the poor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/pove...

"It wasn’t an abstract sense of justice that made me invite her to live with me. It was something about who she was." Jeannine M. Pitas on the mutual gifts of Christian hospitality: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/10/sayi...

"'Christness' sheds light. It never obstructs. It never is out for itself. 'Christness' seeds itself. It pours one toward another in goodness and goodwill." Wally Swist on "experiencing Christness": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/expe...

"Paradoxically, by withdrawing from the world in humble contemplation, we create the space for another to be herself." Dr. David Torevell on the paradigm of the wounded healer: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/woun...

This week at TAC: Chris Byrd on a new film on the life of Maximilian Kolbe, William Droel on Fr. Isaac Hecker, and a poem by Fr. Gerard Garrigan, OSB: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/we-a...

On August 27, panelists at the "Thou Shalt Not Steal" forum at @desalesuniversity.bsky.social discussed the effects of clean-energy budget cuts on workers, the economy, and the environment of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/09/clea...

"There are different definitions of love. The kind of love equated with God is the epitome of love." Gene Ciarlo on the practice of panentheism and "look[ing] at everything in this world as coterminous with the love which is God": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/god-...

"To unleash the Spirit within our church, we need to welcome the discomfort of difficult dialogues about privilege and power": Leslye Colvin on resisting the sins of anti-Black racism and white supremacy: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/the-...

"There is one category of voter that is hardly ever mentioned: the category of the faith voter, and the Catholic voter in particular." Patrick Carolan on how the Democratic Party ignores Catholic voters at its own peril: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/mixe...

"Human religion is not separate from this planetary process but is the way the Earth becomes conscious of its own spiritual dimension." Ilia Delio on "a complete reimagining of Christianity" (with thanks to Center for Christogenesis): www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/is-c...

"The Trappists join their Buddhist counterparts by refusing to dispose of anything and by recycling everything, thereby transforming waste into flowers": Patrick Henry on "the vow of dialogue": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/taki...

"Hayden wants a church community that comes together to figure out how to be more active in mind, body, and spirit": Douglas C. MacLeod Jr. on @joshuarhayden.bsky.social's "Remissioning Church" (@ivpress.bsky.social): www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/over...

William Droel on how the new pope's namesake, Pope Leo XIII, revised his opinion on a labor organization with the help of an American cardinal: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/pope...

"You don’t have to give much to help God’s poor who are still poor after Christmas. I can verify that the more I have given away as a resource person, the more God drops into my lap." Sr. Lou Ella Hickman on performing the works of mercy year-round: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/avoi...

"Culture is the matrix that provides societal and historical context to interpret and live the gospel message." O'Neill D'Cruz explores the worldviews of two cultures—reverence and violence—using story, history, and poetry: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/07/a-ta...

"Our theology must speak the truth for our time. It cannot be lost in the past, the product of another age which no longer makes sense." Gene Ciarlo on how "Jesus understood his ministry in terms of setting people free": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/the-...

The two-day conference "Human Fraternity in a Divided World" presented a series of conversations about literature through the lens of Fratelli Tutti: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/foun...

"Each poem opens new understanding and depth for the reader. They provide the reader with various angles of appreciation of the wealth of Sacred Scripture, from Eve to Job to Lazarus." Charles Dahm, OP, on Philip Kolin's "Evangeliaries": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/the-...

"The leadership style that Jesus taught and modeled was neither about command and control, nor status and power, nor persecutions and shadows. It was a matter of character. A character that loved and served all": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/by-w...

Deborah Kispert on "Discipleship Quads": "Participating in this small faith community has fostered self-awareness and self-reflection but also elicited support and accountability": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/disc...

"The supernatural content of Christianity is being gutted before our very eyes and replaced with idols": Gregory Fox on how contesting visions of the Magnificat from two 20th-c. French thinkers give a window onto the current state of church affairs: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/veno...

Patrick Carolan on how a nun's gesture at Pope Francis's funeral sparked a conversation on the role of women in the church: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/06/brea...

As the incarnation fundamentally changed our human nature, did the resurrection do the same for our experience of time? Our latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/todaysam...

Dialogue with members of the Hizmet movement helps an Italian secular Franciscan realize the promise of Nostra Aetate: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/the-...

"Our libertarian culture now reduces all behavior to the art of the deal. An alternative culture of responsibility and mercy awaits creative types to devise necessary rituals." William Droel on renewing the sacrament of reconciliation: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/conf...

As the papal conclave begins today at the Vatican, members of church-reform groups are preparing themselves spiritually, emotionally, and practically for the direction of Pope Francis’s successor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/as-c...

An international panel organized by We Are Church gathered on May 2 to recognize the accomplishments of Pope Francis and lay out their expectations for his successor: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/inte...

"The marvel of [religious communities] lies in the frequency with which they actually succeed in doing good despite their shortcomings." Michael E. DeSanctis on a different way of thinking about church: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/05/a-di...

Last evening, the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life hosted "Everything Is Connected: Laudato Si’, Teilhard de Chardin, and Catholic Social Teaching." Panelists reflected on ecological consciousness in the church today: tinyurl.com/zu8jrz9a

"Perhaps the issue all along is that we have been looking at Nostra Aetate from a theological perspective when we should instead be seeking to understand it as a prophetic call for unity, peace, and oneness": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/mutu...

Valentine Benjamin profiles Fr. Peter Abue, a Nigerian priest whose mission is dedicated to lifting the lives of children and orphans in underserved communities: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/the-...

A prayer on the passing of Pope Francis:

Maryanne Hannan on "We Carry Smoke and Paper" by Melody S. Gee: "Gee shares her spirit-filled and independent-minded navigation of the [conversion] process in essays that combine personal experience, deep reflection, and wide reading": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/04/entr...

"Out of the goodness of the act of caregiving, we can eventually discover the 'value of what we affirm and what we do'": Wally Swist on grief and rebirth: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/03/grie...

We're seeing our new Substack platform as a storeroom or workshop to test, essay, reflect, elaborate, amplify, and share our enthusiasms. Find us here: substack.com/@todaysameri...

"Elsewhere on the grounds were stands of bare trees, their bud-free branches tangled up in each other. How many dormant seeds were buried underground with no guarantee of coming to fruition?" Lessons from a Lenten retreat: www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/03/lent...

"Idols and ideology came together to spread fear, anxiety, racism, xenophobia, and misogyny . . . while faith in Christ and the gospel continued to wane." Douglas C. Macleod on Jeff Mikels's "Evangelical Idolatry": www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/03/idol...