Statements by some U.S. bishops on the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine for Covid-19 are proving to be a cautionary tale about confusing Catholics on what is morally permissible.

We have suffered trauma. We may do so again. But we will endure.

The pandemic has unmasked some health needs and exacerbated others.

If we listened more than we lectured, maybe we would find different reasons to arrive at the same behaviors that help us heal.

I searched for some spiritual guru who’d written about attachment and addiction. One name kept coming up: St. Ignatius Loyola.

In 2021, we need fewer resolutions about weight loss and more about building connection.