by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Nov 7, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
Content warning: Article mentions discrimination rooted in homophobia. Over the weekend, my wife and I drove three hours from our home in Virginia to Durham, North Carolina, to get fitted for suits for a friend’s upcoming wedding. I’ll spare you the painful details,...
by Nancy Thomas | Aug 23, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
I was barely two when my parents and I immigrated to the United States from India. Immediately after we arrived in New York City, I embarked on one of the most significant identity struggles of my life. I spent my childhood unpacking two very different realities—the...
by Molly T. Marshall | Feb 17, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
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by Imad Enchassi | Feb 6, 2023 | Opinion
I grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, during the civil war that lasted from 1975 until 1990. I even witnessed the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre when a Lebanese Christian group killed anywhere from 300 to 3,000 people – mostly Palestinians and...
by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 3, 2022 | Opinion
Shortly after ordination, doing replacement work in a parish, I found myself in a rectory with a saintly old priest. He was over 80, nearly blind, but widely sought out and respected, especially as a confessor. One night, alone with him, I asked him this question: “If...
