Magazine

May 16, 2014

v.141 n.9

Article

Mark of Belonging

A decade ago, who would have guessed that controversies about male circumcision would roil European countries and achieve resonance in the United States?

By William Galston

May 5, 2014

Domestic Affairs

Jewish-Christian Relations

Religious Life

Spirituality

Article

Parallel Magisterium?

If theologians are condemned for not being in conformity with the Catechism, can they do theology at all?

By John E. Thiel

May 5, 2014

Short Take

Article

Fr. Bulldozer

A new pastor walks a fine line between learning about a parish community and making administrative decisions. It takes time and balance and a lot of prayer.

By Fr. Nonomen

May 5, 2014

Columnists

Article

Hunger Games

The central problem in most modern famines was never an absolute lack of food. At issue was distribution.

By Peter Quinn

May 5, 2014

Ethics

Poverty

Article

Letters | Fact or Fiction? Burke v. Paine

Readers respond to stories on Edmund Burke vs.Thomas Paine, military chaplains, and the canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII.

By The Editors

May 5, 2014

Letters

Article

Wes Goes East

Atypical work for the whimsical and aesthetic Wes Anderson, or another journey further into 'Andersonland'?

By Richard Alleva

May 5, 2014

Movies

Article

Doubting Thomas

There are three key doctrines where Aquinas’s arguments lead to perplexing conclusions: immortality, creation, and the nature of God as both one and triune.

May 5, 2014

Article

God & the Desert

Why do these ten masterful literary essays from a doubt-seasoned Catholic "risk blasphemy"? "Because they speak of the God of the desert."

By Michael O. Garvey

May 5, 2014

Books

Article

Poem | Funeral Food

all afternoon friends knocking softly / on the front door of our Ash Alley row home / saying to our mother how sorry / they were about her loss...

By Harry Humes

May 5, 2014

Poetry

Article

Last Word: Splitting Up

"It’s not you. Well, it’s not me either. It’s the ‘us’ that needs…space," we said in perfect, twinny unison. It was our biggest split since the egg divided.

By Ellen B. Koneck

May 5, 2014

The Last Word

Article

Style & Substance

Pope Francis boldly enlists the legacies of his two predecessors in support of his upcoming Synod on the Family.

By The Editors

April 30, 2014

Article

The Future of Inequality

According to Thomas Piketty, the U.S. is the most inegalitarian nation in the world, and on current trends may soon become the most inegalitarian nation in history.

April 30, 2014

Article

Graduating with a Degree in Debt

It’s bad enough that college is so expensive. But the toll exacted by the extra burden of student debt threatens the common good higher ed is meant to preserve.

April 8, 2014

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May 16, 2014

Article

Mark of Belonging

Article

Parallel Magisterium?

Article

Fr. Bulldozer

Article

Hunger Games

Article

Letters | Fact or Fiction? Burke v. Paine

Article

Wes Goes East

Article

Doubting Thomas

Article

God & the Desert

Article

Poem | Funeral Food

Article

Last Word: Splitting Up

Article

Style & Substance

Article

The Future of Inequality

Article

Graduating with a Degree in Debt

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