A Diminished Thing? Paul Elie addresses Joe Biden’s political strategy, the Church’s stance on LGBT unions and women’s ordination, and the legacy of the abuse crisis. U.S. Catholicism Politics
Article Vaccines for All There are still substantial structural barriers to getting vaccines to more people. By Katie Daniels May 27, 2021 Coronavirus Joe Biden
Article Poem | How to Live “Poor Mal, old pal, dead a decade now, / yet salt and sudden in your boots and gallons, / surveying this disastrous after” By Christian Wiman May 25, 2021 Poetry
Article Poem | Churchyard “The sky / forever full of signs and // surprises like frost at night, / or the sun in the morning.” By Brian Swann May 25, 2021 Poetry
Article Poem | The Phrase “I pause, go on, / knowing this is a way / we’re remembered.” By Nikia Leopold May 25, 2021 Poetry
Article Two Poems by Michael Cadnum “This flock has / no past and no math. / They have no yesterday // and no approaching nightfall.” By Michael Cadnum May 25, 2021 Poetry
Article Letters | The Language of Ministry Readers weigh in on issues of living honestly, the impossibility of utopia, and how poetry can move us. By The Editors May 25, 2021 Letters
Article Keeping It Together Progressive and conservative Catholics should both seek to avoid deepening fractures in the Church. By Paul Baumann May 25, 2021 Bishops Pope Francis U.S. Catholicism
Article Germany Takes the Synodal Path The German Church’s blessings of same-sex unions should be seen in the larger context of its split with the Vatican over the past four decades. By Massimo Faggioli May 25, 2021 LGBTQ issues Pope Francis
Article Never Again? The history of the Holocaust shows that we must do more for China’s Uyghurs. By Elizabeth M. Lynch May 25, 2021 Foreign Affairs China
Article From Here to Utopia The political aims of the Left cannot be effectively advanced if our crisis of social belonging and identity is neglected. By David Albertson & Jason Blakely May 24, 2021 Domestic Affairs
Article There Ought to Be a Law The law is one thing, morality another. Conflating them flattens our public morality into a deadening binary. By Matthew Boudway May 24, 2021 Domestic Affairs
Article Captives of Habit A new introduction to William James illuminates his philosophy and struggles with mental health. By Gordon Marino May 23, 2021 Books Philosophy
Article Diversity & Division A new book explores how U.S. Catholic history can provide perspective and hope for the present moment. By Julia G. Young May 22, 2021 Books Religion History
Article The Toll of Modi’s Complacency Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s irresponsible behavior has only worsened the pandemic’s effects in India. By Jo McGowan May 21, 2021 India Coronavirus
