Article Becoming the Church We Say We Are How can we build a Catholic Church that cares about racial equality and acknowledges the work of the Black Lives Matter movement?By John GehringMarch 12, 2021 Racism U.S. Catholicism Nonfiction Bishops
Article A Happy Contrarian A new collection of interviews with René Girard offers insight into the complexity of his ideas and the process through which he came to them.By Costica BradatanMarch 12, 2021 Philosophy Nonfiction
Article A Welcome Interruption A new book by John Cornwell describes the welcome interruption of Francis’s papacy.By Austen IvereighMarch 9, 2021 Pope Francis Books Nonfiction
Article Refounding Chicago How Chicago’s neighborhoods and parishes have been shaped and reshaped by the contributions of Mexican-American Catholics By Milton Javier BravoMarch 4, 2021 Latin America U.S. Catholicism Nonfiction
Article Books in Brief This month, our editors are reading about building a society that correctly values labor and human dignity, and about the Catholicism of Joe Biden.By The EditorsFebruary 24, 2021 Books in Brief Nonfiction
Article Self & Style Finding the right words for an experience allows a memoirist to win a fragile victory over it.By Anthony DomesticoFebruary 23, 2021 Nonfiction Books
PoliticsTell Me Your Story For Maria Hinojosa, journalism requires shedding light on the people who have been ignored by mainstream narratives.By Regina MunchApril 6, 2021
ReligionWhat We’ve Been Missing This year has taught us in an unprecedented way what it means to hope for resurrection.By Roberto J. De La NovalApril 3, 2021
CultureThe House of Merrill Letters from James Merrill and verse from poets who follow him, all exploring arcana with surprising rhymes and intricate musicality.By Anthony DomesticoApril 9, 2021
BooksHope for Suffering Souls Kirstin Valdez Quade’s new novel centers around the radical promise of the Crucifixion.By Valerie SayersMarch 30, 2021
Books‘A Providentialism Without God’ Three new books interrogate America’s most cherished illusion.By Eugene McCarraherMarch 29, 2021
CollectionsNational Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re collecting poems and writings about poetry, with new additions by our literary critic every Friday.By The EditorsApril 7, 2021
