From 2019: The imaginary encounter between Ratzinger and Bergoglio is imaginative, and emotionally satisfying. But we need to remember that it never happened.
The rise of AI will generate cultural content designed not to be original or even to say anything, but to produce, like a drug, the same experience, again and again.
Poet Rodger Kamenetz’s search for God expands the spiritual vocabulary of our time, crossing the borders of faith, driven by compassion and a self-sustaining wit.
In 2022, our contributors covered a lot of ground, from the synod on synodality, to the Ukraine war, to the threat of climate change. Here are some of our favorites.
G. K. Chesterton argues that we might get at some elementary truths about our civilization—if only grown-up people could be induced to take Santa Claus seriously.
It’s been 50 years since the deaths of Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente. These two complex icons have been transformed into saints in the church of baseball.
We're seeing an unbinding of the deep affinity between representations of culture and Catholic culture. How did Catholicism come to be seen as the enemy?
An essential new memoir conveys the fundamental emotions behind child migration—love and longing, loss and trauma—from the perspective of a young Salvadoran boy.
Paul Morland’s latest book shows that despite living longer, healthier lives, people are less willing to have children now than at any time in history.
A new book celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken,’ a groundbreaking crossover album that revealed marvelous sonic vistas.
