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Clifford Thompson writes about his life as an artist and his preoccupation with the passage of time, a theme on display in his new show, ‘Color and Mystery.’

This May, the Women’s Ordination Conference will mark its fiftieth anniversary with another meeting in Detroit, where hundreds of Catholic women will gather to continue their fight for ordination.

Udi Greenberg's history of Catholic-Protestant relations promises more than it delivers—and what it delivers is often wanting.

Talk to me. Tell me anything.

Rutger Bregman thinks most of us are wasting our lives. But is there a limit to how much we ought to sacrifice to do good?

"Who would harden their hearts at the voice of God? Probably me, if I’m being honest."

Patti Smith on contemplation, family life, and protecting a sense of wonder.

“Wings out, like the bit of an axe / she hefts the airstream. / Sun flares on her brown belly.”

God isn’t a subject of typical bar conversation, but the partial gospels sometimes found there reveal a desire to justify hope.

A new biography of Arthur Schopenhauer reveals a more compassionate philosopher, whose ethics of solidarity is one we urgently need now.

On Holy Wednesday, the procession of Cristo de los Gitanos in Granada fuses religious tradition with flamenco spirit.

When literature was still recognized as an incomparable source of liberty and dignity to millions, the CIA spent decades distributing banned books behind the Iron Curtain.

Readers discuss Christian Smith's resignation from Notre Dame, American democracy post-MAGA, and the ancient roots of Ash Wednesday.

The unbinding of Lazarus is a collective action in a moment of deep crisis. It is public work, building power out of mourning.

In 2016, I became a Trappist novice at St. Benedict's Monastery. Now, this place of peace is being purchased by a zealot for war: Palantir CEO Alex Karp.