We live in a culture where everyone actually wants to be elite—even though more and more people are decrying elitism. What would it mean to embrace our own blessed ordinariness?
Every few months, some self-styled orthodox Catholic declares the exhaustion of liberal Catholicism. Rarely has a death notice been written so often for a corpse that stubbornly refuses to be interred.
A retrospective at the Jewish Museum draws attention to Ben Shahn, whose art tells the story of twentieth-century life from the perspectives of immigrant workers, tenant farmers, and city-dwellers.
As we confront the political, social, and spiritual challenges brought on by the second Trump administration, the moment seems right for a clear examination of Catholic social teaching.
