Magazine

June 1, 2019

v.146 n.10

Article

Baptized in the Charles

By the time I arrived at Harvard, the school was secular, yet haunted by faith. I’d been a practicing Christian for years, but had never been baptized.

By Katherine Lucky

May 24, 2019

Secularism and Modernity

Spirituality

Article

Wounds & Caresses

Is all flesh really beloved by God? Or is Christianity just another sect, with a new elite kind of flesh that belongs, unambiguously, to no one except its members?

By John Cavadini

May 21, 2019

Theology

Spirituality

Article

Hope’s High Stakes

The first Kenyan film ever officially screened at Cannes, ‘Rafiki’ was banned in Kenya for “legitimizing homosexuality” against the country’s dominant beliefs.

By Rand Richards Cooper

May 17, 2019

Article

A Textbook Case

A lot of people fancy themselves history buffs, obsessing over names, dates, and numbers. But facts aren’t narratives. And history can’t be learned from a phone.

May 16, 2019

Article

Francis Follows Through

Taken together, the new canonical rules amount to a significant step forward in the church’s handling of sex abuse. But is it enough?

By The Editors

May 16, 2019

Editorial

Pope Francis

Sexual-abuse Crisis

Article

Not Tragic, Just Sad

The Greek-military historian Victor Davis Hanson attempts to paint Donald Trump as a tragic hero, but his analysis neglects the real meaning of Aristotle’s term.

May 15, 2019

Article

The Legacy of Fr. Ted Hesburgh

The late Fr. Ted Hesburgh transformed the University of Notre Dame into a leading institution. A new book tendentiously ignores key aspects of his life and work.

By Kenneth L. Woodward

May 21, 2019

U.S. Catholicism

Vatican II

Higher Education

Article

Blind Spots

In late 2014 I entered a monastery in Italy, intending to stay for good. A year later, I left. I had become a victim of clerical abuse.

May 21, 2019

Article

Poem | September Morning

The orb weaver web on the porch, / sticky with spiral capture silk

By Wally Swist

May 20, 2019

Poetry

Article

Poem | Moon-made

It had something to do with the sea, some sense / of welcome and reproach

By Jack Hanson

May 20, 2019

Poetry

Article

The entire People of God, by virtue of their baptism, partake in the three offices of Christ: prophet, priest, and king.

Letters | Sexism and clericalism, the role of the laity & more

By The Editors

May 20, 2019

Letters

Article

What Benedict’s Letter on Abuse Gets Wrong

By framing clerical abuse as a matter of sacrilege, Benedict reinforces the disastrous playbook that has guided the church’s response to the crisis for decades.

May 20, 2019

Article

Seams of Resentment

To understand the contradictions of the Trump era, look no further than West Virginia. Once solidly pro-union and democratic, the state risks forgetting its past.

May 14, 2019

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June 1, 2019

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Baptized in the Charles

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Wounds & Caresses

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Hope’s High Stakes

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A Textbook Case

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Francis Follows Through

Article

Not Tragic, Just Sad

Article

The Legacy of Fr. Ted Hesburgh

Article

Blind Spots

Article

Poem | September Morning

Article

Poem | Moon-made

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Letters | Sexism and clericalism, the role of the laity & more

Article

What Benedict’s Letter on Abuse Gets Wrong

Article

Seams of Resentment

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