Article A Voice That Signifies Hilary Mantel’s novels offer vivid descriptions, great turns of phrase, and an abundance of rich, dark humor. By Tiina Aleman September 29, 2022 Books Fiction
Article Mantel’s Mastery The late British novelist Hilary Mantel was masterly in showing how nothing touching on human desire is quite what it appears to be at first blush. By Paul Baumann September 29, 2022 Books Fiction
Article Will Italy’s Elections Hurt Francis? A new government in Italy could very easily strengthen opposition to Francis. So why has the Vatican been so restrained during the campaign? By Massimo Faggioli September 29, 2022 Italy Far-right Pope Francis Politics
Feature The Art of Activism For Yolanda López, human dignity, even sanctity, lay primarily among those living at the margins of American culture. By Nicole-Ann Lobo September 29, 2022 Arts Race Sexuality Gender
Article ‘St. Michael, Defend Us’ How the Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel came to be a fixture of pre-conciliar Catholicism, and why it mattered so much to my mother By John Rodden September 28, 2022 Religion Culture
Article Hizzoner’s Dishonor A new book from Andrew Kirtzman charts the rise and fall of "America's Mayor." By Paul Moses September 27, 2022 Books Domestic Affairs Donald Trump
Article Poem | Flight “We all turned away / from our priest to watch / the child push the big oak door.” By Gary Stein September 26, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | Nuptial “May God be for you the binding vow, / The hidden only way, / Sustaining you this day and each to come” By Patrick Jordan September 26, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | Petition to the Powers of Late October “The gash you make / in the surf, // where you strike, / hollows and // hallows.” By Malcolm Farley September 26, 2022 Poetry
Article Poem | The Dirt “The boy’s white hair turns brown turns / white in the sun / smells of summer” By Judy Brackett Crowe September 26, 2022 Poetry
