Leonel Palacios had a dream. He left El Salvador in 2011, when he was 18, after his brother was murdered by members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, one of the most vicious gangs in the world. Afraid that he would also be killed...
Crossing the border: One migrant’s story of hope and resilience
A photo essay illustrates the hope and resilience that inspires one migrant to cross the U.S. border—again and again.
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April 2026
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Out of place
Zebra mussels are invasive. Kudzu is invasive. But what about Homo sapiens? In an era of ecological collapse, are humans an invasive species or merely a younger sibling still learning our place in creation?
BY LIUAN HUSKA
Yard work
Americans are obsessed with their lawns. But Catholic social teaching suggests letting our property go wild.
BY CASSIDY KLEIN
Paradise lost and found
Black writers’ reinterpretations of the Garden of Eden offer new ways to think about sin, liberation, and paradise, says this theologian.
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMALL CALLOWAY
Our daily bread
Without attention to those who bear the brunt of climate crises, our theology of food is inadequate.
BY MICHELLE LEWIS
Earth of endless marvels
Let us delight in God’s creation and, in doing so, remember to preserve it.
BY OLIVIA BARDO
“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
