Magazine

April 14, 2017

v.144 n.7

Article

Prayer Cards & Holy Dirt

Regardless of how fervently many modern elites have wished to banish unseen but living presences, these presences are stubborn and will not retreat

By James P. McCartin

April 23, 2017

Books

Secularism and Modernity

Article

Between Past & Future

Almost everyone I know thinks the readings at the Easter Vigil are about history; I’m not convinced

April 13, 2017

Article

The Euphoria of the Dying

A recognized phenomenon, although those precious moments pass quickly

By Jo McGowan

April 3, 2017

Death and Dying

Columnists

Spirituality

Article

Faith at Angola Prison

After ‘civic death,’ a resurrection

March 30, 2017

Article

The Cry of Abel’s Blood

How can the Crucifixion—the murder of an innocent—be redemptive?

By Jerome A. Miller

April 14, 2017

Theology

Spirituality

Article

Good Americans vs. Good Fathers

I don’t think I’m unusual in being a father who had expected to live a life in conformity with the law and comfort with the society in which he was raising a family

By David Mills

April 6, 2017

Donald Trump

War and Peace

The Last Word

A boy helps light candles at Mass in Banda Aceh / CNS

Article

On Mecca’s Front Porch

An Indonesian city implements sharia law

By David Pinault

April 5, 2017

Muslim-Christian Relations

Foreign Affairs

Poetry

The Roe Deer

"The shadows of the trees / and the frost-heaved stones / over long seasons / have shaped this grazing / question, with ears / that cup the hush."

By Michael Cadnum

April 3, 2017

Poetry

Article

Timely Provocations

Jordan Peele’s subversive ‘Get Out,’ and Raoul Peck’s riveting James Baldwin documentary

By Richard Alleva

March 31, 2017

Race

Movies

Poetry

Two Poems by Michael Cadnum

"He watches / from the edge of the hillside, where the land / turns into town. Like a dog, but not"

By Michael Cadnum

March 30, 2017

Poetry

Article

Letters | Pius XII, Michael Novak, trans issues, etc.

Readers respond to stories on what makes a university Catholic, Michael Novak's passing, transgender theology, and John Cornwell's book Hitler's Pope.

By The Editors

March 30, 2017

Letters