U.S. Catholic Magazine

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U.S. Catholic puts faith in the context of everyday life. With a strong focus on social justice, we offer a fresh and balanced take on the issues that matter most in our world, adding a faith perspective to such challenges as poverty, education, family life, and pop culture. Each issue is packed with comprehensive reporting, in-depth interviews, colorful opinion essays, cultural commentary, media reviews, and more. For 80 years we have been a courageous, forward-thinking forum for discussion among a broad range of voices.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 1911

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Unknown publication frequency
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 12 x per year

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Christians, Followers of a specific religion.

Lengths:

Review: Up to 315 words.
Article: Up to 3,500 words.
Essay: 800 - 1,600 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Children/Family: General, See guidelines.
Economics: General, See guidelines.
Education/Pedagogy: General, See guidelines.
Nature/Environment: General, See guidelines.
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity.
Science: General, See guidelines.
Society/Culture: General, See guidelines.

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Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Poems do not have to be religious and there are no restrictions on subject matter or form. We are looking for high quality, powerful poems that will evoke a strong response from readers.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Christians, Followers of a specific religion.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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U.S. Catholic Magazine Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 6 reports from 6 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

4 min | 40.0 mean avg | 31.5 median | 113 max days (40.1 std dev)

Other Information

The editors will try to make a decision within 60 days. (16.7 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 60 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 27 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 27 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:47 UTC (less than a minute ago).
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Dates

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2026

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