August 2020

Article

Mike Pence’s Idolatrous RNC Speech

In Mike Pence’s idolatrous RNC speech, American civil religion morphs into something far more dangerous: Christian nationalism.

By Michael Peppard

August 30, 2020

Election 2020

Secularism and Modernity

Domestic Affairs

Theology

Article

Another Side of Flannery O’Connor

Concerned for the well-being of its students, Loyola University Maryland took the writer’s name off a dormitory. But it did not cancel her.

By Cathleen Kaveny

August 27, 2020

Article

Trolling the Catholic Vote

CatholicVote seems to think that if every issue is presented as black or white, the pro-life, pro-family Catholic voter will line up obediently at the polls.

By Paul Baumann

August 27, 2020

Article

Letters | An exchange about the Armenian genocide, pandemic sanctions

An exchange about the Armenian genocide and a reader response to Cuban sanctions in light of the economic strain of the pandemic.

By The Editors

August 26, 2020

Letters

Article

Poem | Incarnation

a voice / announced greetings / to your young heart

By Sr. Lou Ella Hickman

August 26, 2020

Poetry

Article

Beirut’s Agony

In the United States as in Lebanon, the question is how much government negligence the people will put up with. We will have our own answer soon.

By Griffin Oleynick

August 26, 2020

Foreign Affairs

Election 2020

Muslim-Christian Relations

Article

HEROES & Cheapskates

For millions, the pandemic has meant serious deprivation: not enough food, too many medical bills, the loss of a business, the prospect of losing one’s home.

By Regina Munch

August 26, 2020

Article

Keeping the Faith

In the face of continued voter suppression by Republicans, the time has come for new legislation protecting the rights of all American voters.

By The Editors

August 25, 2020

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