Article St. Bernadette’s Blockhouse As one of France’s foremost public intellectuals, Paul Virilio explored themes like rapid modernization, technology, and the eclipse of privacyBy Dean DettloffJanuary 20, 2019 Spirituality Saints Art War and Peace The Last Word
Article ‘My Kate!’ When I felt myself most unloveable, she loved meBy Kate MadoreDecember 29, 2018 The Last Word Spirituality Laity Death and Dying
Article Venerable Beads I didn’t have a rosary to lend my husband. Which made me wonder: Where do you buy a rosary?By Regina MunchDecember 7, 2018 Spirituality The Last Word
Article Time Is on Our Side For anyone who feels mired in the quicksand of the virtual now, the chance to use the liturgical calendar as a lifeline is now within reachBy Cassandra NelsonDecember 5, 2018 Theology Spirituality The Last Word
Article Ypres, a Century On A reverential visit to the graves at Ypres, the Belgian site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War I, in honor of the centennial anniversary By Jay CoppNovember 10, 2018 The Last Word War and Peace Spirituality
Article Everyone a Cosmos Every one of us contains an infinity of memories, hopes, ideas. How to imagine the incalculable loss of so many refugees’ lives?By Robert RubsamOctober 5, 2018 The Last Word Immigration Spirituality
PoliticsThe Cost of Civilization A mark of our barbarous times has been a decades-long obsession with cutting taxes, exemplified most recently by the GOP bill signed into law one year agoBy The EditorsJanuary 14, 2019
ReligionThe Advent of Freedom Advent is supposed to be a hopeful time of expectation. But this December, I sat in a hospice room waiting for my mother to dieBy John GehringDecember 23, 2018
ReligionEconomics as if Theology Mattered For the church to truly transform global economic life, it needs to practice principles of self-giving, mutuality, and solidarity at the local levelBy Daniel K. FinnDecember 19, 2018
CultureComplicated Sounds A freewheeling memoir from the 1940s explores the underground world of jazz music, forcefully probing both class consciousness and racial identityBy Dominic PreziosiDecember 31, 2018
BooksChristmas Critics Smart reading suggestions for the 2018 holiday seasonBy The EditorsDecember 25, 2018
BooksA Literary Omnivore’s Dilemma When it comes to reading, I am widely, not indiscriminately, enthusiastic. Winnowing down the list to just the titles below has been a challengeBy Anthony DomesticoDecember 22, 2018
BooksThe Blackberry Patch A short story from a new edition of Andre Dubus's fiction.By Andre DubusOctober 4, 2018
CollectionsWhy We Came. Why We Left. Why We Stay. The Catholic faith is first of all a gift, one a person must choose to keep; the days of Catholicism by default are behind us By The EditorsDecember 3, 2018
