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In the Pews

Should you heed AI’s spiritual advice? Readers weigh in.

Readers share their thoughts on whether there's a place for AI chatbots in Catholic faith and spirituality.

For our Sounding Board column, U.S. Catholic asks authors to argue one side of a many-sided issue of importance to Catholics around the country. We also invite readers to submit their responses to these opinion essays—whether...

October 2026

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

Speak of the dead

When a loved one dies, kids deserve honest and empathetic conversations about death. They benefit from participating in rituals of rememberance.
BY LIUAN HUSKA

Beacons of life

Resilience hubs that provide resources to help people survive extreme weather and other climate impacts have become a key part of some parishes’ missions.
BY REBECCA RANDALL

The greatest story

Rather than a rulebook or instruction manual, scripture should be where kids learn who God is and what God is like, says this pastor.
AN INTERVIEW WITH MEREDITH ANNE MILLER

Where waves meet

Radical hospitality that embraces the diversity of global wisdom traditions can foster an interfaith spirituality beyond proselytism.
BY JAMIE MARICH

A living language

What lessons might Eve’s story teach us if we inherit it untainted by its tellers?
BY TE’SA LUBANS DEHAVEN

“As liberation theologians have told us, without the perspectives of the poor we cannot fulfill our call to mercy as a Christian community.”

Berit Reisenauer Guidotti