Tag: Catholics
How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national...
What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers...
Kayla Harris, University of Dayton
It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our...
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media – 2 political...
Erik Bleich, Middlebury and A. Maurits van der Veen, William & Mary
The warm welcome Americans and Europeans have...
Prayer apps are flooding the market, but how well do they...
Dorian Llywelyn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Hallow, a Catholic prayer and meditation app that claims...
A Catholic theologian argues for a death row inmate’s right to...
Dorian Llywelyn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments
on Nov. 9, 2021, in a case regarding a...
How commercialization over the centuries transformed the Day of the Dead
Mathew Sandoval, Arizona State University
As a Mexican-American who celebrates Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the...
Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and ‘peacemaker in a hostile...
Carole Sargent, Georgetown University
To Sister Ardeth Platte, who died on Sept. 30 at 84, antinuclear activism was a form of public worship.
Explaining to a...
Why Joe Biden was denied communion at a church
Bruce T. Morrill, Vanderbilt University
Former Vice President Joseph Biden, who is a Roman Catholic, recently stopped on the campaign trail to attend Sunday Mass...
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Lack of new drugs is being overcome by new ways of...
By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull
Development of new drugs for treatment of disease is an expensive, time-consuming and labour-intensive effort for both pharmaceutical companies...
