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A selection of the monk, poet, and social critic’s spiritual writings from the archives

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December 10, 2018

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There & Back Again

A collection of stocking stuffers for a commuter you love

December 8, 2018

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Left to Their Devices

At the same time Jacobs celebrates the cultural influence the Christian humanists enjoyed, he also presents them as unheeded voices in the wilderness

By David Sessions

December 6, 2018

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December 14, 2018

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Sounding the Secret Depths

A new show at the Guggenheim museum showcases Hilma af Klint, a radical Swedish artist whose work pioneered spiritual abstraction

December 6, 2018

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Same Process, New Story

As a federal prosecutor, Rudy Giuliani regularly obtained convictions through “process cases”—the same strategy that he now objects to in the Mueller probe

By Paul Moses

December 5, 2018

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‘The Nun’s Story’ Revisited

However much we may admire the austerities and asceticism of pre-Vatican II religious life, the film depicts a closed world to which we cannot return

December 4, 2018

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Climate’s Black Friday

The same science that proves we are responsible for climate change gives us reason to believe that we can do something about it

By The Editors

November 29, 2018

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Let Church Be Church Again

It is a challenging time, both for our nation and our church. But it can also be a graced moment, and an opportunity for healing.

By Carol Keehan, DC

November 27, 2018

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The Bay Area’s ‘Infinite’ Loop

Talk in the Bay Area often revolves around inequality. A new book of interviews with residents reveals a variety of views on the tech boom.

By Kaya Oakes

November 15, 2018

Culture

When Facts Were Enough

Serious, informed, yet also passionate, ‘Silent Spring’ is a model of how to write for the general public about complicated things

By David Cloutier

November 6, 2018

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Christmas Critics

Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday season

By The Editors

November 19, 2018

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Why We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay.

The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us.

By The Editors

December 3, 2018

‘The Invention of the Antichrist’

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