Article Poem | Kumquat “Might I be able to swallow this / fruit of spite? / Might I like it?” By Danielle Chapman July 7, 2021 Poetry
Article Two Poems by Don Barkin “In autumn / gusts of paper-shuffling in lofty offices / will roil a lawn like God’s face on the waters.” By Don Barkin July 7, 2021 Poetry
Article Books in Brief The editors read Léon Bloy, an exploration of what it means to “do theology Latinamente,” and a study of medieval technology. By The Editors July 7, 2021 Books in Brief Nonfiction
Article Giving the Sickness a Name For the novelist Walker Percy, acedia was not just an arcane spiritual malady but a widespread, distinctly modern phenomenon. By Jeff Reimer July 7, 2021 Secularism and Modernity Culture Spirituality
Article Life as a House The dreams afforded by the dream house in Dana Spiotta’s new novel are often unsettling. By Adam Fleming Petty July 6, 2021 Fiction
Article The New Donatism Targeting the president is a strange way for the bishops to regain an imagined moral purity publicly lost over the past two decades. By John E. Thiel July 5, 2021 Joe Biden Bishops Abortion
Article Yours, Mine, or Ours An exploration of fracking in rural Pennsylvania reveals the effects of individualism on ecosystems and communities. By Gracy Olmstead July 3, 2021 Nonfiction Domestic Affairs Environment
Article Exxon’s Corporate Coup Could activist investors force the most notorious polluter in America down a greener path? By Isabella Simon July 2, 2021 Climate Change Domestic Affairs
Article Letters | The Pitfalls of the Meritocracy An exchange about intelligence workers and their role, and an exploration of Black Catholic history in the United States. By The Editors July 1, 2021 Letters
Article Pastors, Not Prophets If United States bishops are truly interested in Eucharistic coherence, humility would serve them better than punishing pro-choice politicians. By The Editors July 1, 2021 U.S. Catholicism Joe Biden Bishops
Article The Inimitable Orwell “Politics and the English Language” remains an important essay, but we have done it a great disservice by turning it into a dusty school assignment. By John Rodden June 30, 2021 Education Nonfiction
Article Why Stay Silent? Our faith promotes the dignity and rights of all. In the Holy Land, this means acknowledging the disproportionate suffering faced by Palestinians. By Jordan Denari Duffner June 29, 2021 Middle East Foreign Affairs
Article Exquisite & Thwarted Wong Kar-wai’s films explore obsession, suppressed desire, and the unsettling undercurrents running beneath composed surfaces. By Robert Rubsam June 28, 2021 Movies Asia Arts
Article I Firmly Resolve I believe that God can always make good from evil. But looking over this past year, what I mostly know is that I didn’t. By B. D. McClay June 26, 2021 Religion Spirituality The Last Word
Article Alfeyev & Lavrov In Russia, the state uses the Orthodox Church to advance its revisionist agenda, while the Church uses the state to fulfill its own hegemonic ambitions. By John Chryssavgis June 25, 2021 Foreign Affairs Russia
