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In the Pews

Can Catholic ethics help shape a better internet?

If logging off isn't realistic, how do we make peace with our online world?

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...

March 2026

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE

Moral code

Video games are unexpectedly full of moral decisions.
BY RILEY MACLEOD

Biased bots

The AI explosion amplifies existing biases in the church.
BY HEIDI SCHLUMPF

Our Lady of Revolutions

Mary challenges power and embodies resistance, says this theologian and writer.
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAT ARMAS

Look to the Luddites

As tech advances threaten labor justice, we might just need another Luddite movement.
BY LEVI CHECKETTS

Grounded in creation

Cultivate a spirituality rooted in wonder at creation’s abundance.
BY KATHY COFFEY

“American Catholics come from a pilgrim, immigrant church that has helped forge this great nation. We forget that to our ecclesial and national peril.”

Kevin Clarke