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September 7, 2018

v.145 n.14

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‘You’ll Do Good’

“Pick me up. Yes.” They were my words, the words of the poor, and the words of Christ himself

By Timothy P. Schilling

September 2, 2018

Spirituality

Article

So? Completely

A new graphic novel portrays a world of military coups, propaganda, minority rights, Christian-Muslim tension, and reactionary sexual norms through a child’s gaze

By Michael Peppard

August 31, 2018

Muslim-Christian Relations

Arts

Books

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Pretend You Don’t Care

Matt Young’s retrospective look at his time as an enlisted Marine in an ongoing era of endless war is as darkly entertaining as it is crude and salacious

By Andrew J. Bacevich

August 30, 2018

War and Peace

Books

Nonfiction

Article

Shrine Politics

While nationalist politicians exploit the nostalgia of faith for electoral gain, mass politics remains a far cry from genuine spiritual renewal

August 24, 2018

Article

Civilizing Sentiments

Unheeded, though not unheard, in his own country, William Pfaff’s real legacy was not his influence but his example of intellectual integrity

By Christopher Schaefer

September 4, 2018

Foreign Affairs

Book Essay

Article

Working Hard & Hardly Earning

A recent paper, working with social-security data, shows that while business profits are up, bosses are withholding gains from workers, whose wages remain stagnant

September 3, 2018

Article

Our Representatives, Their Servants

Benjamin I. Page and Martin Gilens show that for a generation, our lawmakers have not been responsive to the will of the majority

August 30, 2018

Article

From Ricci to Francis

Despite the official atheism of modern China, the embers of religion continue to grow in the country. Does the church have anything to say here?

August 29, 2018

Article

Three Poems by Ute von Funcke

Let us drink / the chalice / and break / the bread of darkness

By Ute von Funcke

August 27, 2018

Poetry

Spirituality

Article

I had a complete loss of trust in the church’s moral teaching authority.

‘Humanae vitae,’ annulments and marriage, the common good

By The Editors

August 27, 2018

Letters

Article

Sister Is Counting on You

A new report on student discipline at Catholic elementary schools occasions a reflection on parochial classrooms in the 1950s

By Margaret O’Brien Steinfels

August 27, 2018

Columnists

U.S. Catholicism

Article

Sex Abuse & Clericalism

If there is something to seize from this moment, it is the opportunity to envision—with vigor, clarity, and discernment—meaningful and measurable reform

By The Editors

August 21, 2018

Article

No Mercy?

A harmful ethic of “toughness” now dominates our culture, but Christians know that real strength emerges from vulnerability, compassion, and mercy

August 20, 2018

Article

Changes in the Neighborhood

Two new films about youth speak about the perennial yearnings of childhood, and throw the brutal world of contemporary digital culture into relief

By Rand Richards Cooper

August 17, 2018

Movies

Article

‘What Francis Did Is Just Huge’

Sr. Helen Prejean talks about the pope’s action on capital punishment, the politics of the death penalty, and how Twitter can be used to build spiritual sustenance

August 7, 2018

Article

A Miracle May Happen

Tatyana Tolstaya is a formidable figure in Russian literary culture, and her dark, foreboding new collection of short stories defies conventional narrative forms

August 3, 2018