Magazine

June 3, 2016

v.143 n.10

Article

'Dorothy Day: Love in Action'

Patrick Jordan brings an ease to his subject that comes from true friendship; he weaves together his living sense of Day’s personality with major themes in her work.

May 30, 2016

Article

Too Much of a Good Thing

When we consider "Laudato si’" and the call to conserve resources and strive for a just world, placing antibiotics on the list for conservation is not a stretch.

May 27, 2016

Article

'The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings'

Philip & Carol Zaleski bring to life the Oxford literary club who smoked, drank, argued and midwifed books that became classics of fantasy, apologetics, and poetry.

By Gerald J. Russello

May 27, 2016

Books

Poetry

Profiles

Article

Lincoln's Religion

Lincoln is a riddle because we are a riddle to ourselves. We are his heirs, for good and for ill. We cannot escape his legacy, and we don’t know what to make of it.

May 25, 2016

Article

'The Name of God is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli''

When Pope Francis issued a formal “bull” instituting the current Year of Mercy, he included in its appendix a lengthy informal interview with an Italian journalist.

By Karen Kilby

May 23, 2016

Books

Ethics

Pope Francis

Secularism and Modernity

Social Justice

Spirituality

Theology

Article

Killed for the Cause

Romero refused to sacrifice his conscience to his country’s ruler. To be killed for doing right and speaking against evil in the name of Christ is to be a martyr.

May 23, 2016

Article

Getting What We Pay For

Many Americans (and American businessmen) think that the United States has the highest tax rates in the world. But that it isn’t even close to being true.

May 19, 2016

Article

Still Two Cities

Can a progressive-minded approach can work in a city where the more severe measures of the past failed to prevent a steady increase in the number of homeless people?

By Paul Moses

May 19, 2016

Article

'Phishing for Phools'

Robert J. Shiller and George A. Akerlof examine influences on the marketplace beyond supply and demand, and wonder: Why didn't economists see the 2008 crash coming?

May 18, 2016

Article

Last Word: Black Lives, White Catholics

How can injustice be remedied when it is invisible? White Catholics—and indeed all white people—must learn how racism perpetuates black suffering and death.

By Jon Nilson

May 18, 2016

Article

Poem | Fishbait

By Jo-Anne Cappeluti

May 18, 2016

Poetry

Article

Poem | Fibonacci

Around the inner rims / of these sunflowers one by one / small yellow petals pop open, / in obedience to the sun...

By Marie Ponsot

May 18, 2016

Environment

Poetry

Article

Letters | Mere Christianity, women religious, Donald Trump

Readers wrote us contrasting C.S. Lewis with John Henry Newman, correcting some misstated facts about women religious, and agreeing with the editors about Trump.

By The Editors

May 18, 2016

Letters

Article

Lights, Camera, Contraception?

What do the plight of the Little Sisters of the Poor and the fate of persecuted Christians in the Middle East have in common? The USCCB "explains" in a video.

By The Editors

May 17, 2016

Contraception mandate

Article

Two Steps Back

The forced resignation of the widely respected Tony Spence, who had a long history of serving the Catholic press, raises questions about changes at the USCCB.

May 3, 2016

Article

Cromwell the Humanitarian

The series presents a view of medieval Catholicism as the realm of cranks and fanatics, while Thomas Cromwell is shown as distinctly rational and reasonable.

By Alfred Thomas

October 5, 2015

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June 3, 2016

Article

'Dorothy Day: Love in Action'

Article

Too Much of a Good Thing

Article

'The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings'

Article

Lincoln's Religion

Article

'The Name of God is Mercy: A Conversation with Andrea Tornielli''

Article

Killed for the Cause

Article

Getting What We Pay For

Article

Still Two Cities

Article

'Phishing for Phools'

Article

Last Word: Black Lives, White Catholics

Article

Poem | Fishbait

Article

Poem | Fibonacci

Article

Letters | Mere Christianity, women religious, Donald Trump

Article

Lights, Camera, Contraception?

Article

Two Steps Back

Article

Cromwell the Humanitarian

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