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Readings (Year A): Isaiah 55:6–9Psalm 145:2-3, 8–9, 17–18Philippians 1:20c–24, 27aMatthew 20:1–16a Reflection: Divine justice eclipses human selfishness God is not “fair,” and that is a very good thing. Too often, fairness is determined by my own self-interest, a pattern of behavior that begins for most people at a very young age. Think about the playground […]

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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 agreement or disagreement—in the survey that follows. A selection of the survey results appear below, as well as in the September 2026 issue of U.S. Cat...

The September 11 terrorist attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead left an indelible mark on all of us who remember it. Many still mourn the tragic loss of loved ones, and many first responders and others who were near the towers still deal with health issues. Those of us who were not in the […]

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Mike Huck of Naperville, Illinois, has a favorite technique to explain the politics of hunger. When addressing Catholic groups, he will place nine grocery bags on a table. Of those nine bags, he asks, how many represent the food distributed by church food pantries and other private agencies, and which represent the percentage of government […]

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I grew up liking soccer, but at some point, I disconnected from it. Even a week before the World Cup began, I was not planning to watch. But then, while scrolling through social media, I came across the story of two completely different World Cups. For the first time in its history, the tournament had […]

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