By Kim Novak Unfolding Spirit It’s day nine in Guatemala, and the poverty continues to be both oppressive and intriguing.

If you knew a sex trafficker or abusive partner could more easily force a victim to have an abortion against her will, would you do something about it? That’s one of the key questions we should all be ...

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, recommends that dioceses offer the special holy hour.

Every winter — usually the last Wednesday or Thursday in January — staff from housing agencies across Iowa and the nation bundle up and head outdoors to count individuals who are living unhoused. The ...

An article and research study of 50,000 people reported by Forbes in 2025 found that nearly 80% of people in the United States experience loneliness. In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared ...

Walking into a Catholic Church during Lent it is easy to tell the season. The color purple is used. No flowers are in the sanctuary. Symbols such as a wooden cross or crown of thorns are somewhere in ...

Love is the greatest of all the gifts of the spirit of God. In truth, love is more than a gift; it is God, for “God is love” (1 John 4:8,16). God’s love for us makes possible our love for God in ...

Night to Shine guest Lisa Takemoto and her buddy make their red carpet entrance at this year’s Night to Shine, held Feb. 13 at St. Ambrose University’s Rogalski Center in Davenport. DAVENPORT — ...