Article Shrouded Figures A visit to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington occasions reflections not only on how we see, but who we think is worth seeingBy Paul BaumannFebruary 5, 2019 Art Barack Obama Domestic Affairs Spirituality Death and Dying
Article Poem | Friendship Intercept We never know how many days we have / until the call goes out to us, wordless, / the crow says, cawing on my morning walkBy Peter CooleyJanuary 28, 2019 Poetry Death and Dying
Article Cracking a Smile at Death A new memoir by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy plumbs the depths of middle age, including fatherhood, creativity, loss, death, and GodBy Austin MeekJanuary 26, 2019 Music Nonfiction Death and Dying
Article ‘My Kate!’ When I felt myself most unloveable, she loved meBy Kate MadoreDecember 29, 2018 The Last Word Spirituality Laity Death and Dying
Article Tales of a Deathwife Modernity has made it easier to live longer, but more difficult to die well. Mannix’s book imparts valuable lessons on both frontsBy Mary McDonoughDecember 27, 2018 Death and Dying Spirituality
Article The Advent of Freedom Advent is supposed to be a hopeful time of expectation. But this December, I sat in a hospice room waiting for my mother to dieBy John GehringDecember 23, 2018 Death and Dying Spirituality Theology
PoliticsSuiting Up for Team Racist Bishop Stowe spoke up about the racism of Donald Trump’s MAGA campaign, and spoke the simple truth. Let’s hope it’s the start of a trendBy Mollie Wilson O'ReillyFebruary 7, 2019
ReligionNarrowing the Universal Church Recent debates in higher education over who counts as an “authentic Catholic” have the unintended effect of splintering the universal Body of ChristBy Julia G. YoungFebruary 6, 2019
CultureSomewhere Else Mammon can never be God. We need ways of valuing ourselves and our neighbors that are not indexed to the marketBy Ian Marcus CorbinFebruary 10, 2019
BooksSurviving Survivalism Westover tells the story of her soul, not her accomplishments. Becoming an individual through paideia, she discovers herself as a relational beingBy Mike St. ThomasFebruary 1, 2019
CollectionsWhy We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay. The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us By The EditorsDecember 3, 2018
