Why Did Dolly Mean So Much to Us?

Dolly Parton's non-judgmental faith could be a lesson for many of today’s Christians.

Heidi Schlumpf

The Amateur

Self-described "amateur" composer Norah Duncan IV has been a creative emblem of Detroit's rich Black Catholic heritage.

Aaron Robertson

The U.S.-Born Pope Is Changing U.S. Catholicism

Pope Leo has focused on issues—immigration, economic justice, war and peace, and artificial intelligence—on which the American polity is hungry for moral guidance.

E. J. Dionne Jr.

September 1, 2026

The Country Of Déjà Vu

Wendell Berry

How to Read the Western Tradition

Christopher Celenza

Will America Survive Pete Hegseth?

The Editors

In Search of Mike Pence's Conscience

Pedro L. Gonzalez

The Objects We Call Bibles

What happens when sacred scripture becomes an accessory to violence? And how can we interrupt that process?

Auden's Contradictions

In his biography of W. H. Auden, Peter Ackroyd tracks the constant tension between public and private life that the poet navigated.

Gus Mitchell

The Making of Hindu Nationalism

India Religion Politics

The West still pictures India as rooted in Gandhian tradition. But it is Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's radical nationalism that drives Indian politics today.

Shiv Parihar

Stone Music

Arts Music Italy

Sardinian arist Pinuccio Sciola built a life on the claim that stones can sing. Ten years after his death, visitors to his stone garden can listen for themselves.

Antonio Spadaro

Learning from Ross Douthat

Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV Religion

As a New York Times columnist, Ross Douthat's commentary on the Church was defined by a central antagonist: Pope Francis.

Massimo Faggioli

Bloody Certitudes

War and Peace Philosophy Nonfiction

Omri Boehm’s politics suffer from an excess of certitude and righteousness, a deficit of lament, and a proclivity for and ease with lethal violence.

Paul J. Griffiths

Conquering Death

Theology History Death and Dying

"When we wonder why death takes a life too soon, we bring forth a more wondrous puzzle: Why are there lives to be taken at all?"

Jonathan Heaps

Dignity Denied

Donald Trump Pope Leo XIV Religion Politics

Catholic postliberals keen to dismiss dignity as an empty category should consult the Church's Magisterium—and listen to the cries of the vulnerable.

Terence Sweeney

Heidi Schlumpf

Remembering Wendell Berry

The Country Of Déjà Vu

Wendell Berry

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What’s in the Cards?

Arts Culture Religion

A new exhibit at the Morgan Museum and Library traces tarot's transformation from a courtly card game in fifteenth-century Milan into a map of the modern subconscious.

Ariana Moira

An Abrahamic Universalism?

Philosophy Social Justice Theology

Omri Boehm looks to Abraham for biblical evidence of philosophical universalism. His reconstruction is speculative, at best.

Shai Held

Fatiguing Us into Compliance

Politics America 250 Donald Trump

The Declaration’s grievances offer a portrait of political domination, teaching us what it feels like to be subjects rather than citizens. Can we recognize the predicament it describes?

Charlie Tyson

Philosophy

A 'Radical Universalism'?

Self-Evident Truths?

Whose German Idealism?

Bloody Certitudes

Pope Leo XIV

The U.S.-Born Pope Is Changing U.S. Catholicism

Catholic Social Teaching Is Having a Moment

Dignity Denied

Learning from Ross Douthat

Artificial Intelligence