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The Impossibility of a Saint
In the world of Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude, things are dire—but it’s often difficult to take them seriously.
Alexander Stern
‘No to War!’
Leo’s Catholic critics tend to focus on just-war theory, while ignoring the support of the last several popes for international law and a world governing authority.
Santiago Ramos
Humble Work
Many of us have jobs we don’t enjoy. Fr. James Martin explains how we can make our work meaningful anyway.
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BooksDomestic AffairsEconomy
How did Americans become convinced that social problems are better left to the “free” market than to a democratically accountable government?
George Scialabba
Leo Looks to the Council
Vatican IIPope Leo XIV
Pope Leo’s emphasis on Vatican II reminds us that American Catholics have long sought a meaningful synthesis between Catholicism and democracy.
Stephen McNulty
Dancing on a Volcano
HistoryNonfictionEurope
In Ian Buruma’s telling, Berlin during World War II was a time of contradictions: hedonism, escapism, heroism, and compromise.
Bryn Stole
The Serpent in the Garden
PhilosophyPoliticsFar-rightBooks
Why do conservatives blame ‘cultural Marxism’ for nearly everything?
Matt McManus
The Case for Lay Preaching
Women in the ChurchU.S. CatholicismLiturgy
Allowing lay preaching in the pulpit during Sunday liturgy would model that the Church is serious about synodality.
Heidi Schlumpf
Humanity on the Page
CultureBooksArtificial Intelligence
What is the future for literature in a world where machines churn out plausible facsimiles of our most artful human narratives?
Rand Richards Cooper
Manufactured Matriarch
TheologyBooksReligion
James D. Tabor's new book promises a 'rediscovery' of Mary. His claims are extravagantly speculative.
Luke Timothy Johnson
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