Our God Who Weeps

Remembering the deceased is an act of hope. Sharing our faith and experiences together can pull us out of the darkness and into the beauty of Jesus’ life.

By Claudia Avila Cosnahan

March 5, 2023

Lent

Spirituality

Death and Dying

Article

Eliot’s Pitiless Brilliance

An extraordinary new study of ‘The Waste Land’ offers—with intensity and good humor—a comprehensive reading of Eliot’s greatest masterpiece.

By William H. Pritchard

March 1, 2023

Article

In the Rubble in Syria

In war-torn Syria, February’s devastating earthquakes represent a disaster on top of a disaster.

By Santiago Ramos

March 1, 2023

International

Politics

Article

Israeli Democracy on the Brink

Israel is now well on its way to becoming a right-wing ethnocracy.

By The Editors

February 27, 2023

Article

Francis After Ten Years

As we approach the tenth anniversary of his election, Pope Francis continues to possess a kind of Californian optimism about the world and the Church.

February 26, 2023

Must Reads

Politics

Donald Trump's New York

Maggie Haberman's book shows how Donald Trump’s New York experience set the context for his odd and sometimes dangerous presidential style.

By Paul Moses

February 20, 2023

Religion

The Anti-Francis Gatekeepers

The death of Cardinal Pell exposed conservative Catholic efforts to secure the reversal of the Francis agenda at the next conclave.

By Austen Ivereigh

January 27, 2023

Culture

Alone in the City

Edward Hopper’s paintings created a New York that conformed to the contours of his own life. His lonely characters strike a familiar chord for any city dweller.

By Robert Rubsam

February 9, 2023