Magazine

September 26, 2014

v.141 n.15

Article

At Rome's Mercy?

Francis’s view of “domination" as an impediment to virtuous fellowship in society represents concern with unjust relations of many forms, not merely economic ones.

September 10, 2014

Article

'Calvary'

'Calvary' belongs in a select company of films that deal powerfully with the plight of a priest who finds himself at odds with his community.

By Richard Alleva

September 10, 2014

Movies

Article

The Pope and Mussolini

David Kertzer traces the church’s relationship to Italian fascism through a series of vivid biographical sketches.

By James J. Sheehan

September 10, 2014

Books

War and Peace

Article

The Eclipse of Equality

Solon Simmons sifts through 'Meet the Press's' archive to show how sharply Washington’s conversation over economic equality has changed over seven decades.

By Paul Moses

September 10, 2014

Economy

Domestic Affairs

Television

Article

Poem | A Life

Her sixteenth birthday party is tonight. / In the next room, the Lord lets there be light. ...

By Sarah Ruden

September 10, 2014

Poetry

Article

Letters | Poetry & Politics, Fearful Asymmetry

Responses from readers to recently published articles on poetry and politics, book reviews, and more.

By The Editors

September 10, 2014

Letters

Article

Last Word: Greetings, Citizen

We are defined by what we love, and love of the common good enhances and completes us in a way the individual, private good is unable to do.

By Francis Kane

September 10, 2014

Religious Life

The Last Word

Article

Great Expectations

The synod comes at a time when a huge gulf has opened up between the teaching of the church on sex, marriage, and the family and the practice of many Catholics.

September 10, 2014

Secularism and Modernity

Sexuality

Theology

Vatican II

Article

All Joy and No Fun

Jennifer Senior’s 'All Joy and No Fun' is more serious than its playful cover implies. Why do people have children at all now that having them is not a necessity?

By Agnes R. Howard

September 9, 2014

U.S. Catholicism

Books

Article

Unaccountable

Though an intelligence agency operates largely in secret, its credibility depends on respect for the law and clear accountability.

By The Editors

September 9, 2014

Article

Russian Spring

A friendship between two priests manifests the possibility of different relations between Orthodoxy and Catholicism in easternmost Europe.

July 30, 2014

Article

Smart Money

New evidence shows that government-funded, early childhood interventions can actually help instill many of the virtues whose absence conservatives lament.

By Daniel K. Finn

June 10, 2014

Domestic Affairs

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September 26, 2014

Article

At Rome's Mercy?

Article

'Calvary'

Article

The Pope and Mussolini

Article

The Eclipse of Equality

Article

Poem | A Life

Article

Letters | Poetry & Politics, Fearful Asymmetry

Article

Last Word: Greetings, Citizen

Article

Great Expectations

Article

All Joy and No Fun

Article

Unaccountable

Article

Russian Spring

Article

Smart Money

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