No More Waiting

When I got vaccinated, the future felt tangible again.

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

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The Long, Withdrawing Roar

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The Gentle Light That Vanishes and Returns

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Two Adoptions

“While nothing can alter or supersede my first adoption, I believe my second adoption might resurrect some of the first one’s losses.”

By Melody Gee

April 1, 2021

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Torments & Frenzies

Graham Greene’s life is both more interesting and more nuanced than the New Yorker appears to believe.

By Paul Baumann

March 31, 2021

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Hope for Suffering Souls

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s new novel centers around the radical promise of the Crucifixion.

March 30, 2021

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Identity Crisis

Catholic universities are threatened not only by decreasing enrollment, but also by the tendency to diminish and deemphasize their religious identity.

By Massimo Faggioli

March 30, 2021

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U.S. Catholicism

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‘A Providentialism Without God’

Three new books interrogate America’s most cherished illusion.

By Eugene McCarraher

March 29, 2021

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Holy Waiting

“Palm Sunday and the Holy Triduum set us up to discover that what we hope for, what we wait for, isn’t always what we expect it to be.”

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

March 28, 2021

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Tell Me Your Story

For Maria Hinojosa, journalism requires shedding light on the people who have been ignored by mainstream narratives.

By Regina Munch

April 6, 2021

Religion

What We’ve Been Missing

This year has taught us in an unprecedented way what it means to hope for resurrection.

By Roberto J. De La Noval

April 3, 2021

Culture

The House of Merrill

Letters from James Merrill and verse from poets who follow him, all exploring arcana with surprising rhymes and intricate musicality.

By Anthony Domestico

April 9, 2021

Books

Hope for Suffering Souls

Kirstin Valdez Quade’s new novel centers around the radical promise of the Crucifixion.

By Valerie Sayers

March 30, 2021

Books

‘A Providentialism Without God’

Three new books interrogate America’s most cherished illusion.

By Eugene McCarraher

March 29, 2021

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National Poetry Month

April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.

By The Editors

April 7, 2021