When J.D. Vance discusses his faith journey, he is careful not to offend any constituencies he may need in a presidential run.

Feed My Lambs

In 'Agnus Dei,' Massimiliano Camaiti follows the nuns tasked with raising lambs for a Vatican blessing. The documentary is subtly Christlike: humble, meek, and pure.

Griffin Oleynick

Searching for Something to Celebrate

On the eve of its 250th birthday, does the United States still present something of a model for mankind?

Dominic Preziosi

June 29, 2026

A New Era of Drone Warfare

The Editors

Michel de Certeau’s Everyday Mysticism

Graham Ward

Can the Church Reconnect with Europe?

Massimo Faggioli

'No, But I Skimmed It'

Joel Halldorf

Dots on a Map

In the third and final episode of “The City and the Cross,” host and inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson reckons with what was truly lost in Detroit’s 1989 parish closures and asks whether the Catholic Church is any more committed to its Black congregants today.

The City and the Cross

podcast U.S. Catholicism

In this three-part narrative podcast series, inaugural Centennial Fellow Aaron Robertson chronicles the rise, erosion, and defiant survival of Black Catholic Detroit.

Aaron Robertson

You Could Do Worse

Movies Culture

Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ feels insubstantial and surprisingly slight. It's still better than most of what moviegoers are being offered these days.

Robert Rubsam

A Missing Dimension

Pope Leo XIV Theology Latin America Pope Benedict XVI

When Greg Grandin reduces Gustavo Gutiérrez and Pope Benedict XVI to political figures, he neglects what's most important about their work.

Paul Baumann

Beyond Couch and Clinic

Farewell Higher Education

The late Robert Coles spent years meeting subjects where they were, from the first integrated classrooms to migrant farms to the Appalachian mountains.

Kenneth L. Woodward