January 2020

At the center of Malick’s film is Jägerstätter’s incomprehensible decision to give his life away, ostensibly benefiting no one. But such heroism ultimately wins.

Garth Greenwell’s new novel plumbs the physicality of queer desire, even as it gestures at the transcendence and sacramentality of sexual experience.

Focusing entirely on service and social work for deacons ignores their historical role as messengers of the bishops.

By dragging Benedict into schemes like Cardinal Sarah’s book about celibacy, the anti-Francis faction reveals deep flaws in the current emeritus papacy.

Interreligious-dialogue initiatives like KAICIID should be welcome in Europe. Austria should find a better way to protest Saudi Arabia’s human-rights policies.

In 2003, Pope John Paul II sent an envoy to persuade George W. Bush not to invade Iraq. As tensions with Iran continue to mount, it’s a story worth revisiting.

The global university may model a path toward reason in the age of Twitter. But dogmatism still has its champions, here and abroad.

With the release of Terrence Malick’s Jägerstätter biopic, the martyr’s biography has finally come into broader public view. But his sacramental devotions haven’t.

Had I known before that the greatest gift of the road was the love of another human being? Of course I had. But I had not fully understood.

A visit to the Trappistines of Mount St. Mary’s in rural Massachusetts provides hope and joy in dark times.