Article Theology in Motion “God came into the world not in the blink of an eye, but in and through his mother’s womb—through the process of pregnancy, labor, and delivery.” By Carrie Frederick Frost January 18, 2022 Women in the Church Theology Spirituality
Article Hard-Won Wisdom Lucille Clifton’s re-issued memoir celebrates life, acknowledges difficult times, and recognizes beauty wherever it can be found. By Clifford Thompson January 15, 2022 Race Nonfiction
Article The Christ Life If the first Mass at the Last Supper welcomed a mix of allegiance and desertion, the here-and-now Church cannot do otherwise. By George Dennis O’Brien January 14, 2022 The Last Word Spirituality Literature
The Right Questions Virtue ethics offers a powerful method for reasoning about what it means to live a good life. Philosophy Higher Education
Feature Welcoming the Stranger For Jesuit Relief Services executive director Joan Rosenhauer, refugee resettlement and support is the mission at the heart of Catholicism. By John Gehring January 13, 2022 Immigration U.S. Catholicism Interview
Feature Mirror, Mirror A major retrospective devoted to the art of Jasper Johns affords new visions of the artist, and ourselves. By Griffin Oleynick January 12, 2022 Arts Death and Dying Spirituality
Article There Will Be Blogs Why preserve for posterity, or at all, what is by definition scarcely meant to endure beyond the moment? By Morten Høi Jensen January 11, 2022 Books Technology LGBTQ issues
Feature Learning from Las Hermanas Looking back at Las Hermanas’ role in the three Encuentros can help those committed to synodality better understand the task ahead. By Amirah Orozco January 10, 2022 Women in the Church Latin America Religious Life Synodality
Article Putting Ourselves Together Again Kaya Oakes’s new book addresses the experiences of women on the margins or in “liminal spaces”—women who do not fit in. By Rebecca Bratten Weiss January 8, 2022 Women in the Church Gender Saints Books LGBTQ issues
Article An Old Resentment Charles Gallagher’s history of the Christian Front in the 1940s presages today’s far-right activity. By Paul Moses January 6, 2022 History Nonfiction U.S. Catholicism