Article Sex Abuse & Clericalism If there is something to seize from this moment, it is the opportunity to envision—with vigor, clarity, and discernment—meaningful and measurable reform By The Editors August 21, 2018 Sexual-abuse Crisis Pope Francis Bishops Editorial U.S. Catholicism
Article Remembering Paul Horgan The Catholic director of the Center for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan University was also an accomplished novelist and historian By Paul Baumann August 21, 2018 Fiction Books
Article No Mercy? A harmful ethic of “toughness” now dominates our culture, but Christians know that real strength emerges from vulnerability, compassion, and mercy By Stephen J. Pope August 20, 2018 Ethics Donald Trump Pope Francis Domestic Affairs
Article Changes in the Neighborhood Two new films about youth speak about the perennial yearnings of childhood, and throw the brutal world of contemporary digital culture into relief By Rand Richards Cooper August 17, 2018 Movies
Article A New Opening for Democrats The rightward shift of the GOP, along with its increasingly Pro-Trump ideology, could cost the partly dearly in the November elections By E. J. Dionne Jr. August 16, 2018 Domestic Affairs Donald Trump Election 2018
Article Re-Reading ‘Laudato si’ ’ The encyclical runs much deeper than environmentalism, ultimately touching on the sacramentality and giftedness of all things By Rita Ferrone August 16, 2018 Environment Pope Francis
Article Exploiting the New Tribalism Expanding the definition of “public charge” continues a pattern in which anti-immigrant measures are advanced for political advantage By Paul Moses August 15, 2018 Immigration
Article Religion Booknotes The latest installment in a series of reviews on new titles in religion, the Exodus, and Martin Luther By Luke Timothy Johnson August 15, 2018 Books Theology
Article Francis & the Death Penalty I must admit to somewhat retrograde views on the moral legitimacy of the death penalty. I am in all likelihood wrong about this, but I have my reasons By Paul Baumann August 15, 2018 Capital Punishment Pope Francis Domestic Affairs
Article The College-Admissions Frenzy Is there anyone who thinks that the American system of higher education, and specifically admission to it, is rational or fair? By Rand Richards Cooper August 14, 2018 Higher Education Domestic Affairs
