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Elise Ureneck

Elise Ureneck is a regular Angelus contributor writing from Rhode Island.

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“The Way to Calvary,” by Domenico Zampieri, 1580-1641, Italian. (J. Paul Getty Museum)

Faith

After the Clancy trial, will we recover the true meaning of ‘mercy’?

Elise Ureneck|Oct 8, 2026|6 Min Read

A couple exchange wedding vows at St. Mary Church in Chatfield, Minnesota, Sept. 14, 2024. (OSV News/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)

Faith

A German thinker’s wisdom on marriage for the Church ten years after ‘Amoris Laetitia’

Elise Ureneck|Sep 28, 2026|6 Min Read

Elizabeth Adams reacts at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum reflecting pool in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Sept. 10, 2025, ahead of the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. (OSV News/Jeenah Moon, Reuters)

25 years later, Sept. 11’s ‘Never Forget’ generation is still healing

Elise Ureneck|Sep 9, 2026|6 Min Read

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The first girls of the smartphone era are coming of age, but at what cost?

Elise Ureneck|Aug 17, 2026|6 Min Read

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Faith

Catholics are feeling the effects of the ‘Gray Divorce’ trend

Elise Ureneck|Jul 20, 2026|10 Min Read

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‘Looksmaxxing’? Optimizing our bodies has gotten out of control

Elise Ureneck|Jul 7, 2026|6 Min Read

A protester confronts a counter-protester as a large crowd gathers outside the courthouse in Prescott, Ariz., April 5, 2025, to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. (OSV News/Bob Roller)

Faith

Time for Catholics to learn the art of ‘training the tongue’?

Elise Ureneck|May 26, 2026|6 Min Read

A group of women pose outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles following the annual Mother’s Day Mass in 2025. (Victor Alemán)

In defense of the Mother’s Day blessing

Elise Ureneck|May 5, 2026|6 Min Read

Young people at the Steubenville NYC youth conference at St. John’s University in this 2017 file photo. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)

The question isn't whether there's a youth religious revival. It's why they left

Elise Ureneck|Mar 5, 2026|6 Min Read

Young women chat at Holy Trinity Newman Center on the campus of Northern Arizona State University in Flagstaff Nov. 25, 2019.(CNS/Nancy Wiechec)

A Catholic professor asks: Could better friendships save the world?

Elise Ureneck|Jan 19, 2026|5 Min Read

Christina MacDougall places a wedding band on Julio Prendergas’s finger as Msgr. Francis J. Schneider officiates their wedding Mass Aug. 20, 2021, at St. John the Baptist Church in Wading River, New York. (CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz)

What I’ll tell my daughter about the joys and challenges of getting married

Elise Ureneck|Jan 6, 2026|7 Min Read

In September 2025, Meta (parent company of Facebook) introduced a lineup of new AI chatbots with distinct personalities, opinions and interests, and voiced by celebrities such as Tom Brady, Paris Hilton, and Kendall Jenner. (Meta)

Why Catholics need to take chatbots more seriously

Elise Ureneck|Dec 1, 2025|8 Min Read

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