Magazine

April 2022

v.149 n.4

Article

A Wonderful Complexity

Opening instituted ministries to women begins a new reckoning with an ecclesiology that has for a long time divided the Church too simply into clergy and laity.

April 27, 2022

Article

The Exquisitist

Shirley Hazzard’s stories show all that aesthetic sensibility can do—and all it can’t.

By Paul J. Griffiths

April 20, 2022

Fiction

Article

He was never quite a stepfather to Vicente, but he was something better: a step-poet, giving Vicente a model to follow, and eventually surpass.

The Influence of Anxiety

By Adam Fleming Petty

April 19, 2022

Poetry

Latin America

Feature

‘No Schools, No Churches!’

It’s no secret that racism is pervasive in the Church. The fight for Black Catholic education and vocations in the 1960s and 1970s showcases one striking example.

By Shannen Dee Williams

April 18, 2022

U.S. Catholicism

Education

Race

Article

Ordinary Wonders

Kathryn Schulz’s memoir celebrates extraordinary, everyday occurrences

By Katherine Lucky

April 13, 2022

Books

Death and Dying

Feature

Pressure at the Seam

In these stories, Church leaders face the fault line between the modern world and an ancient faith.

By Lauren Kane

April 11, 2022

Secularism and Modernity

Fiction

Movies

Spirituality

Feature

Wachapreague

“What if it happened now?” he thought, riding in the Virginia countryside; “what if it happened here?”

By Rand Richards Cooper

April 10, 2022

Fiction

Article

Never Again, Again

The only hope for humanity is peace.

By Susan Bigelow Reynolds

April 7, 2022

Article

Escaping the Straitjacket

Sarah Shortall explores the theological outcry against Nazi occupation and authoritarianism during World War II.

April 5, 2022

Article

The Value of ‘Whataboutism’

In light of the Russo-Ukrainian War, have Americans willfully ignored the aftermath of the war in Afghanistan?

By Andrew J. Bacevich

April 4, 2022

Politics

War and Peace

Article

Heads & Tales

Mary Beard’s latest book invites readers into a deeper exploration of images of Roman emperors. Why have they remained significant to modern people?

April 2, 2022

Article

Catholics for Zemmour

What the ‘Manif pour tous’ protests reveal about France’s slow transformation of Catholic identity and practice

By Harrison Stetler

April 1, 2022

Politics

Foreign Affairs

Article

A New Europe?

What kind of European state is the war in Ukraine likely to make?

March 30, 2022

Article

‘Texas Justice’

Melissa Lucio faces execution, but doubts about her guilt abound.

By Isabella Simon

March 29, 2022

Capital Punishment

Article

Covid Funding

Learning to live with Covid doesn’t mean ignoring it. We must continue to fund treatment and testing as we relax other precautions.

By Griffin Oleynick

March 28, 2022

Coronavirus

Domestic Affairs

Article

A Historic Appointment

Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a welcome addition to the court, but we still need substantial judicial reform to ensure a functional justice system.

By Dominic Preziosi

March 24, 2022

Supreme Court

Article

Christians First

Solidarity with Ukraine is not mainly a matter of national identity, but a requirement of Christian identity.

By Carrie Frederick Frost

March 16, 2022

Ukraine

War and Peace

The Last Word

Article

Putin’s Apocalyptic Goals

Apocalypse is now on the table as a serious option for Russia—and to Putin, it’s not a dirty word.

March 15, 2022

Article

What Belongs to the Living

Sindya Bhanoo’s short stories ask us to make space for and share our lives with sorrow, regret, and reconciliation.

By Melody S. Gee

March 8, 2022

Fiction

Article

The United States and its partners must continue to view Putin’s crimes with moral clarity while also emphasizing prudence and diplomacy in responding to them.

Clarity & Consequences

By The Editors

March 4, 2022

Ukraine

Russia

War and Peace

Article

What Makes Ukraine Different

Ukraine’s courageous defense against Russia showcases a country fighting to maintain its precious and hard-won democracy.

March 3, 2022

Article

Poem | Vegetables

“I am making / history in the green / exacting plenitude”

By Theodore Worozbyt

March 30, 2022

Poetry

Article

Poem | Tiramisu

“My love a tiramisu in the lap of luxury / it makes me happy to see her so”

By Stephen Rybicki

March 30, 2022

Poetry

Article

Poem | Civilize the Sacrifice

“She is at home with a hard providence”

By Joshua Hren

March 30, 2022

Poetry

Article

Labeling the sacrament that celebrates the return of the sinner as Penance makes us focus on the way and not the goal; labeling it Reconciliation names the goal instead.